21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090130458 | HIGH STRENGTH INSULATING METAL-TO-CERAMIC JOINTS FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING - A seal formed between a metal part and a second part that will remain gas tight in high temperature operating environments which experience frequent thermal cycling, which is particularly useful as an insulating joint in solid oxide fuel cells. A first metal part is attached to a reinforcing material. A glass forming material in the positioned in between the first metal part and the second part, and a seal is formed between the first metal part and the second part by heating the glass to a temperature suitable to melt the glass forming materials. The glass encapsulates and bonds at least a portion of the reinforcing material, thereby adding tremendous strength to the overall seal. A ceramic material may be added to the glass forming materials, to assist in forming an insulating barrier between the first metal part and the second part and to regulating the viscosity of the glass during the heating step. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130459 | GREEN JOINING CERAMICS - A method of green joining ceramic components is disclosed, particularly for use in forming a discharge body for a ceramic metal halide lamp. The process includes providing a first green ceramic component having a male joining surface, and providing a second green ceramic component having a female joining surface dimensioned to matingly receive the first component. The first and second green ceramic components are assembled along the joining surfaces, the assembled components are uniformly heated to join the first and second components. The joined components are next cooled in a cooling bath that uniformly cools the joined components. Thereafter, the joined green part may be inserted in the furnace for debindering and sintering. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130460 | WEAR-RESISTANT MEMBER WITH HARD COATING - A member with alumina-based hard coating formed there-on wherein said hard coating contains nitrogen and has a composition represented by the formula (1) below: | 2009-05-21 |
20090130461 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - To obtain high durability even when a recording material which causes big cubical expansion is used for a recording film of an information recording medium. An information recording medium | 2009-05-21 |
20090130462 | FUSER MEMBER WITH INTERMEDIATE ADHESIVE LAYER - In accordance with the disclosure, a fusing member is provided comprising, in order, a base member, a cured liquid silicone rubber substrate layer, an amino silane, and an anhydrous solvent containing adhesive layer. The fusing member further comprises a fluoroelastomer fusing surface topcoat layer including poly (vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene). | 2009-05-21 |
20090130463 | Coated Substrates and Methods for their Preparation - Coated substrates comprising an inorganic barrier coating and an interfacial coating, wherein the interfacial coating comprises a cured product of a silicone resin having silicon-bonded radiation-sensitive groups; and methods of preparing the coated substrates. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130464 | Antistatic Hard Coat Film - An antistatic hard coat film showing antistatic property and antireflection property for outer lights as well as superior hard coat properties such as superior surface hardness and antiscratching property is provided. The antistatic hard coat film of the present invention comprises an antistatic hard coat layer formed from an ionizing radiation curable resin, a pigment and a polymer antistatic agent having an organopolysiloxane unit and a quaternary ammonium salt unit, and the hard coat layer contains 1 to 5% by weight of the pigment. Weight ratio of the ionizing radiation curable resin and the polymer antistatic agent is preferably 6:4 to 5:5. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130465 | LAYER SYSTEM FOR THE FORMATION OF A SURFACE LAYER ON A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE AND ALSO VAPORIZATION SOURCE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A LAYER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a layer system for the formation of a surface layer on a surface of a substrate, in particular on the surface of a tool, wherein the layer system includes at least one first hard layer of the composition (M | 2009-05-21 |
20090130466 | Deposition Of Metal Films On Diffusion Layers By Atomic Layer Deposition And Organometallic Precursor Complexes Therefor - Organometallic precursor complexes containing a metal and ligands containing electron withdrawing groups are disclosed. The complexes are adapted to undergo exothermic adsorption on a fully passivated diffusion barrier layer and on a metal layer deposited on the diffusion barrier layer and to undergo exothermic reduction on the diffusion barrier layer and the metal layer. The metal is preferably copper. Use of the complexes in atomic layer deposition is also disclosed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130467 | TRANSFER COMPONENT AND LASER-ASSISTED TRANSFER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A transfer component and a laser-assisted transfer system using the same are provided. The laser-assisted transfer system comprises: a multimode laser source; a beam transformer; a scanner module; and a transfer component. The beam transformer is capable of transforming a multimode laser beam generated from the multimode laser source into a rectangular beam and then feeding the rectangular beam into the scanner module to form a large-area scanning laser beam. The transfer component comprises a conductive thin film and an insulating thin film. The conductive thin film receives a scanning laser beam from the scanner module and is ablated while the ablation of the conductive thin film is transferred onto the insulating thin film. In an exemplary embodiment, the transfer component comprising a metal thin film and an organic thin film is used for enabling the system to perform large-area pattern transfer with high efficiency. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130468 | POLYAMIC ACID COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDE AND POLYIMIDE FLEXIBLE METAL-CLAD LAMINATES - The present invention provides a polyamic acid composition obtained by addition polymerization of an aromatic diamine and an aromatic dianhydride in a solvent, and then the imidazole or derivatives thereof (or triazole or derivatives thereof), and epoxy resin are added thereto. When the polyamic acid composition, which contains imidazole or derivatives thereof (or triazole or derivatives thereof), and epoxy resin, is cast onto a clean metal foil and then heated and imidized to form a polyimide insulating layer, the imidazole or derivatives (or triazole or derivatives thereof) will react with the epoxy resin to form a polymer during imidation. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130469 | POWDER ADHESIVES FOR BONDING ELASTOMERS - A powder adhesive composition for bonding an elastomer to metals or other rigid substrates comprising a powdered film forming polymer having a liquefaction temperature above room temperature and is capable of forming rubber tearing bonds between an elastomer and a substrate. The adhesive composition is shelf stable and free flowing at room temperature to allow for ease of storage and electrostatic spray application, yet melts or flows at elevated temperatures to form a film on a coated substrate prior to elastomer bonding. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130470 | ENAMEL COMPOSITION, ASSEMBLY AND USE THEREOF ON A SUBSTRATE SURFACE - The invention relates to an enamel composition for application in an enamel layer in heating elements. The invention further comprises an assembly of such an enamel composition and a substrate surface. In addition, the invention comprises a heating element comprising such an assembly. The invention moreover comprises the use of such an enamel composition for applying an enamel layer to a substrate surface. The enamel composition makes possible an electrical heating element with improved durability and increased safety. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130471 | Thermally conductive plastic resin composition - Thermally conductive polymer resin compositions comprising polymer, calcium fluoride, glass flake and optionally, polymeric toughening agent are particularly useful for metal/polymer hybrid parts and as encapsulants. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130472 | HARDCOAT LAMINATE - A hardcoat laminate including: a support formed from a thermoplastic resin composition; and a hardcoat layer formed from a hardcoat layer forming coating composition, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition contains a polymer having a lactone ring unit or a glutaric anhydride unit, and the hardcoat layer forming coating composition contains at least a component (a), a component (b) and a component (c) and contains substantially no organic solvent: (a) a curable compound having three or more polymerizable groups within one molecule, (b) a polymerization initiator, and (c) a diluent having from one to three polymerizable groups within one molecule. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130473 | CARRIER FILM FOR FORMING CERAMIC GREEN SHEET AND METHOD OF FABRICATING CERAMIC GREEN SHEET - Provided is a carrier film for forming a ceramic green sheet. The carrier film includes a film-type base material for fabricating the ceramic green sheet, a binder layer disposed on the film-type base material, the binder layer being formed of a binder resin, and a delamination layer disposed on a bottom surface of the carrier film, the delamination layer being formed of a resin having a releasing property. Also, provided is a method for fabricating a ceramic green sheet. The method includes preparing a carrier film for forming the ceramic green sheet including a binder layer, coating a ceramic slurry onto the carrier film, and drying the coated ceramic slurry to form the ceramic green sheet. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130474 | Scavenger for aldehyde(s) and a manufacturing method of a woody panel using the same - Regarding the scavenger for aldehyde(s) used at the time of manufacturing a woody panel using woody materials and formaldehyde-based binders, the scavenger for aldehyde(s) without lowering of trapping properly even when a surface of said woody panel is sanded and having an excellent trapping property of trapping formaldehyde is provided. Further, the method of manufacturing a woody panel using a scavenger for aldehyde(s) and a woody panel are provided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130475 | Wood treatment solution and process - The present invention features a single aqueous solution that imparts acceptable levels of water resistance, fire resistance, mold resistance and pest resistance to wood, and which may be used in standard wood treatment techniques commonly utilized in the wood treatment industry. In one preferred embodiment, the aqueous solution comprises a fire retardant, preferably sodium metasilicate nonahydrate (about 5% to 30% by mass), an insect and termite repellant, preferably sodium tetraborate decahydrate, also known as borax, (about 1.5% to 9% by mass), a mold inhibitor, preferably thymol (about 0.01% to 0.1% by mass) or ethanolamine (about 0.5% to 20% by mass), and a pH buffer, preferably sodium carbonate (about 1% to 10% by mass). It is believed that the borate/silicate components polymerize upon drying, and become water insoluble, which in turn prevents leaching and provides water repellent characteristics to the wood after treatment. It has been observed that the sodium carbonate may also act as a mold inhibitor, so that the ethanolamine and thymol may be optional ingredients in the solution. The calcium carbonate, in addition to serving as a buffer and imparting some mold and mildew inhibiting properties, is thought to also serve as a catalyst that maintains the water solubility before and during the immersion (impregnation) step, and helps to polymerize the silicate/borate compounds during the drying step. The aqueous solution should have a pH in the range of 9.5 and 13. Additionally, a powder mixture of the above-recited components may be prepared, and may be added to an appropriate amount of water to form the aqueous solution. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130476 | Method of Forming Polarization Reversal Area, Apparatus thereof and Device Using it - Provided are a method and an apparatus for forming a nanometer-order polarization-reversed region in a ferroelectric single crystal, and a device using the ferroelectric single crystal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130477 | Metal palladium composite membrane or alloy palladium composite membrane and their preparation methods - The present invention relates to a metal palladium composite membrane or an alloy palladium composite membrane in which essentially the metal palladium membrane or alloy palladium membrane exists substantially on the outer surface of the porous substrate support, with little or no presence in the pore channels of the support, and to process for its preparation. The process comprises the steps of treating the porous substrate with a pore filler before plating it with a palladium solution to form the composite membrane. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130478 | Method of Producing and Joining Superalloy Balls By Means of Brazing and Objects Produced With Such Joints - The invention relates to a method of producing and joining superalloy balls by means of brazing and to objects produced with such joints. According to the invention, an alloy powder covered with a brazing solder is bonded to a spherical core and subsequently transformed into a continuous alloy layer by means of brazing. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130479 | Articles incorporating alloy deposits having conrolled, varying, nanostructure - Bipolar wave current, is used to electrodeposit a nanocrystalline grain size. Polarity Ratio is the ratio of absolute value of time integrated amplitude of negative and positive polarity current. Grain size can be controlled in alloys of two or more components, at least one of which is a metal, and at least one of which is most electro-active. Typically, the more electro-active material is preferentially lessened during negative current. Current density, duration of pulse portions, and bath composition are determined with reference to relations showing grain size as a function of deposit composition, and deposit composition as a function of Polarity Ratio, or a single relation showing grain size as a function of Polarity ratio. A specified size can be achieved by selecting a corresponding Polarity Ratio. Coatings can be layered, each having an average grain size, which can vary layer to layer and also graded through a region. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130480 | Sn-Plated Copper Alloy Strip Having Improved Fatigue Characteristics - The object of the invention is to provide a reflow Sn-plated copper alloy strip having improved fatigue characteristics by preventing the degradation of fatigue characteristics caused by reflow Sn plating. The invention provides a copper alloy strip having an Sn or Sn alloy plating film formed thereon by electroplating and reflowing treatment, wherein average hydrogen concentration in the strip being about 2 mass ppm or less. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130481 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CLAD MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a clad material and the equipment for manufacturing the clad material, in which the productivity is excellent, the surface state and the flatness of the clad material can be readily controlled and the deterioration in adhesion rarely occurs in the clad material. The method for manufacturing the clad material composed of a core material and one or more skin materials which are superposed on either one or both faces of the core material includes: a clad material preparation process where an ingot for core material, which is manufactured by dissolving and casting a metal for core material in a core material preparation process, and an ingot for skin material, which is manufactured by dissolving and casting a metal for skin material different from the core material in their component composition, in a skin material preparation process, are prepared, respectively; a superposition process where the ingot for skin material is superposed as a skin material at a predetermined position of either one or both faces of the ingot for core material to manufacture a superposed material; and a clad hot-rolling process where the superposed material is hot-rolled to manufacture a clad material. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130482 | Titanium aluminium component - A joining of a titanium material with an aluminium material, wherein the parts made of the two substances are connected with each other in a substance-to-substance manner. Preferably, the joining is effected by a laser beam or an electron beam. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130483 | Iron-and nickle-based brazing foil and method for brazing - An amorphous, ductile brazing foil is produced with a composition of Fe | 2009-05-21 |
20090130484 | SILICATE PHOSPHOR AND WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a silicate phosphor represented by Formula: Li | 2009-05-21 |
20090130485 | OLIGOMER/HALLOYSITE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND HYDROCARBON ADSORBENT USING THE SAME - There is provided a method for manufacturing oligomer/halloysite composite material including the steps of: adding halloysite powder to an oligomer solution to be mixed; heating the mixed material to expand air inside of halloysite nanotube; and filling the oligomer solution inside of the halloysite nanotube by cooling the mixed material to a room temperature. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130486 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a method of manufacturing a color filter substrate, comprising: preparing a color mask including a cyan transparent layer, a fuchsine transparent layer and a yellow transparent layer; preparing a color sensitive material substrate including a red sensitive emulsion cyan layer, a green sensitive emulsion red layer and a blue sensitive emulsion yellow layer; exposing the color sensitive material substrate using the color mask; and performing processes of development, bleaching, fixation and stabilization on the color sensitive material substrate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130487 | Compounds for placing objects by self assembling and the use thereof - The inventive method for placing and fixing (bonding) a first object, whose surface is functionalized by compounds of formula I Y (X), A′ (I), on the surface of a second object whose surface is functionalized by compounds of formula II Y (X) | 2009-05-21 |
20090130488 | CYANATE ESTER POLYMER - Provided is a cyanate ester polymer having excellent flame retardance, low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss tangent and high heat resistance. Specifically provided is a cyanate ester polymer obtained by polymerizing a cyanate ester compound represented by the following general formula (1). (1) In the formula, X represents OCN or OH, and 10-100% by mol of X is composed of OCN. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130489 | UV PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF COATING SUBSTRATES THEREWITH AND MULTI-LAYER ARTICLES FORMED THEREBY - Compositions, suitable for coating surfaces, methods for their preparation and for coating surfaces therewith, where said compositions comprise: (a) 100,000 parts by weight of a primer composition comprising a binder material (a1), a primer solvent (a2) and a UV absorber (a3), wherein the primer composition is suitable as an adhesion-promoting agent between a thermoplastic substrate and a siloxane-based top coat; (b) 0 to 900,000 parts by weight of a solvent, and (c) 1 to 3000 parts by weight of a compound according to the general formula (I): | 2009-05-21 |
20090130490 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF PERPENDICULAR MEDIA SEGREGANT MATERIALS - A method for improving magnetic grain segregation in perpendicular recording media includes providing a substrate comprising a rigid support structure, depositing a soft underlayer on top of the substrate depositing an intermediate layer on top of the soft underlayer, providing a plurality of prospective segregants, determining the surface energies and the heat of formation of the prospective segregants and selecting the prospective segregant with a low surface energy and a high heat of formation. The method also includes providing at least one layer with surface energies progressively increasing to minimize the difference between the surface energy of a carbon overcoat and the segregant. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130491 | Magneto-resistive element for a magneto-resistive device and methof of manufacturing thereof - A magnetoresistive element (MR element) for reading a change in a magnetic field of a magnetic recording medium includes first and second electrode layers for providing a sensing current, which are perpendicular to an air bearing surface (ABS) facing the magnetic recording medium, first and second free layers which have a magnetization direction which changes in accordance with an external magnetic field, and a spacer layer composed of non-magnetic material. A ratio of a representative width and a representative length of each of the first and second free layers is at least 2 to 1, to thereby provide initial magnetizations along a direction of the representative length of each of the first and second free layers. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130492 | Information storage devices using magnetic domain wall movement and methods of manufacturing the same - Information storage devices and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. An information storage device includes a magnetic layer formed on an underlayer. The underlayer has at least one first region and at least one second region. The first and second regions have different crystallinity characteristics. The magnetic layer has at least one third region formed on the at least one first region and at least one fourth region formed on the at least one second region. The third and fourth regions have different magnetic anisotropic energy constants. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130493 | PROTECTING AGAINST INCORRECT BATTERY POLARITY - Embodiments of battery holders with dual-contact assemblies are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a battery holder with a substrate and a spring dual-contact assembly, wherein the spring dual-contact assembly comprises a positive contact configured to contact a positive terminal of a battery positioned in the battery holder with the positive terminal oriented toward the spring dual-contact assembly and a negative contact configured to contact a negative terminal of a battery positioned in the battery holder with the negative terminal oriented toward the spring dual-contact assembly. The positive and negative contacts are coupled to an insulator configured to hold the positive contact and negative contact in a fixed relation to one another. Further, one or more cantilever wire springs hold the negative contact, positive contact and insulator in a resiliently displaceable relationship to the substrate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130494 | BOARD ASSEMBLY FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK USING THE SAME - A board assembly for a rechargeable battery includes a cover case including a cover plate, and side walls disposed on a circumference of the cover plate and including respective openings that are offset from each other; and a circuit board mounted between the side walls of the cover case. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130495 | Humidifying System - A device includes a housing having a hollow center and a case having a hollow fiber membrane. The case is at least partially located inside the hollow center of the housing. A first gas flow flows to the hollow center through an introducing pipe and exits the housing via a discharging pipe. A second gas flow flows through the hollow fiber membrane in the case. The first gas flow enters the case through an inflow opening in the case from a gap between a wall of the housing and the case and exits the case through a discharging opening in the case to the gap between the wall of the housing and the case. The introducing pipe is located adjacent to a dividing wall. The device provides a humidifying property by transferring moisture from the first gas flow to the second gas flow or vice versa. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130496 | Fuel Cell Assembly and Electricity Generation Unit Used in Same - A fuel cell assembly has a housing defining an electricity generation/combustion chamber, and electricity generation/combustion means disposed within the housing. A fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas are supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means, and a combustion gas formed within the electricity generation/combustion chamber is discharged from the electricity generation/combustion chamber. A heat exchanger having a first channel and a second channel is disposed on at least one surface of the housing, the combustion gas is discharged from the interior of the electricity generation/combustion chamber through the first channel of the heat exchanger, and one of the oxygen-containing gas and the fuel gas is supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means through the second channel of the heat exchanger. A plurality of electricity generation units are arranged in parallel within the housing, and each of the electricity generation units includes a cell stack constituting the electricity generation/combustion means. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130497 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND STARTING METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell system and a starting method therefor are capable of setting a start-up mode which is appropriate to energy stored in a secondary battery so as to eliminate problems in starting the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a secondary battery which is electrically connected with the fuel cell, a secondary-battery charge-amount detection unit which detects an amount of charge in the secondary battery, and a memory which stores at least one threshold value for determining the start-up mode of the fuel cell system. Stored electric energy which corresponds to the amount of charge in the secondary battery is calculated, and a start-up mode of the fuel cell system is determined based on the electric energy stored in the secondary battery and the threshold value stored in the memory. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130498 | METHOD FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CATALYTIC AND PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESSES BY MEAN OF LASER IRRADIATION - Method for the improvement of the catalytic and photo-catalytic processes by mean of laser or multiple laser irradiations applying to chemical components, when molecules, atoms, and electrons transfer into excited state. This method could be used for improving fuel cells performance and in chemical reactors, | 2009-05-21 |
20090130499 | Method for Activating Solid Acid Salt, High-Capacity Capacitor and Fuel Cell, Using Same - There is provided a method for activating a solid acid salt electrolyte capable of enhancing the proton conductivity of solid acid salts at a temperature at or below a point of phase transition to the super proton conducting phase, through humidity control, by taking advantage of this phenomenon. The method for activating a solid acid salt electrolyte, comprising the steps of preparing a solid acid salt electrolyte composed of cations and anions, and forcibly keeping the surface of the solid acid salt electrolyte at humidity in a range of 10 to 100% at temperature in a range of 10 to 80° C., whereby proton conductivity in the solid acid salt electrolyte is improved. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130500 | METHOD OF OPERATING A FUEL CELL STACK AT LOW PRESSURE AND LOW POWER CONDITIONS - A method of operating a low pressure drop fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of low pressure drop fuel cells wherein during low pressure and low power operation, a heat transfer rate of a cathode flow field plate of each fuel cell is greater than a heat transfer rate of an anode flow field plate of the same fuel cell. Thus, a temperature gradient is created between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode of each fuel cell, as well as reactant fluids in at least one anode flow field and at least one cathode flow field of the same fuel cell. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130501 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - The invention relates to a fuel cell system and method comprising a reformer with a thermal starting device, at least one gas processing stage downstream of the reformer, at least one fuel cell disposed downstream of the gas processing stage and a plurality of bipolar plates, the fuel cell having an inner region of a reaction with anode, cathode and electrolyte, and an outer region with at least one cooling channel permitting a coolant to flow through the cooling channel, wherein the outer region is not in fluid connection with the inner region. Upstream of the fuel cell, the fuel cell system has a switching device, which is switchable between a start-up position and an operating position, wherein in the operating position the product gases from the reformer and/or the thermal starting device are guided to the inner region of the fuel cell. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130502 | TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING CATALYSTS AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE AS FUEL CELL CATALYSTS - This invention relates to the field of fuel cell catalysts, and more particularly to fuel cell catalysts including carbon supports having compositions which comprise one or more transition metals in combination with nitrogen (e.g., a transition metal nitride) formed on or over the surface of a carbon support. The present invention also relates to methods for preparation of fuel cell catalysts. The present invention further relates to the use of fuel cell catalysts described herein in processes for the generation of electric power. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130503 | Fuelling System for Fuel Cell - A fuelling system comprises a hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell having hydrogen and oxygen compartments, and a vessel having first and second chambers, the first chamber connected to the hydrogen compartment and the second chamber connected to the oxygen compartment, via valved ports, wherein the volume of the first chamber is approximately twice the volume of the second chamber. Such a fuelling system is suitable for use in a method of fuelling a hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell having hydrogen and oxygen compartments, which comprises supplying hydrogen from a first chamber of a vessel to the hydrogen compartment, and supplying oxygen from a second chamber of the vessel to the oxygen compartment, wherein the hydrogen and oxygen are supplied in a stoichiometric ratio and at substantially equal pressures. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130504 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCHARGE CELL - An electrochemical cell comprising an electrode and one or more fuel compartments. The fuel compartment includes input and output sidewalls of dimension h and end walls of dimension w. The fuel compartment is arranged between an input flow plate and output flow channel with the input flow plate adjacent to the input side wall and the output flow channel adjacent to the output side wall of the fuel compartment. The input flow plate comprises a porous membrane or a plurality of openings through which electrolyte can flow into the fuel compartment from an electrolyte source. The input flow plate directs the flow of the electrolyte through the fuel compartment in a direction essentially parallel to dimension w and into the output flow channel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130505 | Enhanced efficiency of a combined sorfc energy storage and fuel generation system - A fuel cell system includes a solid oxide reversible fuel cell (SORFC) stack that is adapted to generate an exhaust stream containing hydrogen and water vapor from an outlet of the SORFC stack when the SORFC stack is operated in an electrolysis mode, a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen pump that is adapted to separate at least a portion of the hydrogen contained in the exhaust stream, a first conduit that is adapted to provide the exhaust stream from the outlet of the SORFC stack into an inlet of the PEM hydrogen pump, and a second conduit that is adapted to provide at least a portion of remaining exhaust stream from an outlet of the PEM hydrogen pump into an inlet of the SORFC stack. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130506 | Apparatus for generating hydrogen and fuel cell power generation system having the same - An apparatus for generating hydrogen and a fuel cell power generation system equipped with the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus can include an electrolyte bath containing the electrolyte solution, an anode positioned inside the electrolyte bath and configured to generate electrons, a cathode positioned inside the electrolyte bath and configured to receive the electrons from the anode to generate hydrogen, and a supplementary device configured to increase an amount of the hydrogen generated. The apparatus can be utilized to increase the amount of hydrogen generation at initial operation and reduce the time required to reach steady state. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130507 | Hydrogen Generating Fuel Cell Cartridges - A gas-generating apparatus includes a reaction chamber having a first reactant, a reservoir having an optional second reactant, and a self-regulated flow control device. The self-regulated flow control device stops the flow of reactant from the reservoir to the reaction chamber when the pressure of the reaction chamber reaches a predetermined level. Methods of operating the gas-generated apparatus and the self-regulated flow control device, including the cycling of a shut-off valve of the gas-generated apparatus and the cycling of the self-regulated flow control device are also described. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130508 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system for removing sulfur compounds adsorbed on the surfaces of a catalyst. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell in which a plurality of unit cells, each having an electrolyte membrane held between electrode catalyst layers, are stacked, and a control device for recovering catalytic activity of the electrode catalyst layers by increasing an amount of water discharged from the electrode catalyst layers to a predetermined amount or more. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130509 | Fuel Cell System - There is disclosed a fuel cell system in which a poisoned electrode catalyst can be recovered while meeting a demand for an output power. When a controller detects that an electrode catalyst is positioned, the controller derives a target operation point adequate for recovering a function of the poisoned electrode catalyst to realize shift of an operation point so that the output power is kept constant. Specifically, an FC voltage is controlled using a DC/DC converter, and an amount of an oxidizing gas to be fed from an oxidizing gas supply source is adjusted, thereby controlling an FC current. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130510 | Fuel Cell System and Mobile Article - There is disclosed a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, a fuel supply system to supply a fuel gas to the fuel cell, an injector which adjusts a gas state on an upstream side of the fuel supply system to supply the gas to a downstream side, and a control unit which drives and controls the injector in a predetermined drive cycle. The control unit sets the drive cycle of the injector in accordance with an operation state of the fuel cell. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130511 | Fuel Cell Module - The present invention relates to fuel cell modules. The fuel cell module includes a housing that contains a plurality of fuel cell elements called unicells. Each unicell comprises a plurality of microcells. The housing is divided into a plurality of housing sections. A compressible bulkhead disposed between two adjacent housing sections and has a plurality of holes formed therein to allow respective unicells to pass through the bulkhead. A clamp element compresses the bulkhead to form a gas-tight seal between said bulkhead and the unicells. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130512 | Fuel Cell Assembly Comprising a Plurality of Microcells - The present invention relates to fuel cell assembly having a plurality of microcells, and to methods of assembling fuel cell assemblies from microcells. A plurality of microcells is circumferentially spaced around a central member. Each microcell comprises an inner current collector having one or more microchannels formed therein, a proton exchange membrane surrounding said inner current collector, and an outer current collector disposed on the outside of said proton exchange membrane. A first electrical connector disposed at a first end of the fuel cell assembly electrically connects to the inner current collectors of said microcells. A second electrical connector disposed at a second end of the fuel cell assembly electrically connects to the outer current collectors of the microcells. In one embodiment, inner and outer seals are disposed in spaced relation to one another adjacent the first end of said fuel cell assembly. A gap between said inner and outer seals is in fluid communication with the microchannels in the microcells to provide a pathway for introduction of a gaseous reactant into said microchannels of said microcells. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130513 | AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM - An air conditioning control system having a cooling device for cooling a fuel cell by circulating a liquid coolant through the fuel cell using a main circulation pump while also providing an air conditioning control device for controlling air conditioning in a vehicle interior, wherein heat exchange between the cooling device and the air conditioning control device is possible. When the fuel cell is operated intermittently in the air conditioning control system, the main circulation pump is continuously operated. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130514 | Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, method of producing same, and fuel cell - Provided is a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell which comprises a polymer electrolyte | 2009-05-21 |
20090130515 | Electrode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly including same, and fuel cell system including same - The electrode for a fuel cell according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the electrode substrate, the catalyst layer including metal nanoparticles, a binder and a catalyst. The metal nanoparticles in the catalyst layer improve electrical conductivity, and also have catalyst activity to implement a catalytic synergetic effect so as to provide a high power fuel cell. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130516 | Electrolyte Membrane and Process for Producing the Same - An electrolyte membrane | 2009-05-21 |
20090130517 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL | 2009-05-21 |
20090130518 | ELECTROCATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING AN ELECTRODE HAVING THE ELECTROCATALYST - An electrocatalyst for a fuel cell includes a Pt—Co-based first metal catalyst, a Ce-based second metal catalyst, and a carbon-based catalyst support. A method of preparing the electrocatalyst includes obtaining a mixture of metal oxides from a Pt precursor, a Co precursor, and a Ce precursor; impregnating the mixture of the metal oxides onto a carbon-based catalyst support under hydrogen bubbling; and thermally reducing the resulting product at 200 to 350° C. under a hydrogen atmosphere. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130519 | FUEL CELL | 2009-05-21 |
20090130520 | FUEL BATTERY - A fuel cell that can prevent local accumulation of a reaction-irrelevant gas in the fuel cell. A gas diffusion layer is stacked on a membrane electrode assembly, which is a stack of an electrolyte membrane and electrode catalyst layers. A separator including gas flow channels is attached to the gas diffusion layer such that the gas flow channels are adjacent to the gas diffusion layer. A gas distribution channel through which gas supplied to the membrane electrode assembly flows is formed in the separator. The gas flow channels communicate with the gas distribution channel at upstream ends thereof and are substantially closed at downstream ends thereof. The gas flow channels are configured so that downstream parts of the gas flow channels and upstream parts of the gas flow channels are adjacent to each other. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130521 | Plate Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - For a plate solid oxide fuel cell, costs thereof are made low and the thermal conductivity thereof is improved, and further only by effect of the shape thereof, a burning gas is sealed while a back diffusion phenomenon of air from the outside is restrained. Plate-shaped unit cells | 2009-05-21 |
20090130522 | Fuel cell module and structure for gas supply to fuel cell - A conductive and tabular separator is inserted into the gap between the fuel electrode layer of an i-th power generating cell and the oxidizer electrode layer of an (i+l)-th power generating cell adjacent to the fuel electrode layer. A fuel supply passage is so formed on one face of each of these separators that a fuel gas flows radially from almost the center of the fuel electrode layer to its edge. An oxidizer supply passage is so formed on the other face that an oxidizer gas outgoes almost uniformly in a shower toward the oxidizer polar layer. Thus, all of the surfaces of the power generating cells contribute to power generation to increase the frequency of collision between the fuel gas and the fuel electrode layer and that between the oxidizer gas and the oxidizer electrode layer, and to improve the generation efficiency. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130523 | Tubular Solid Polymer Fuel Cell Comprising a Rod-Shaped Current Collector With Peripheral Glas Flow Channels and Production Method Thereof - There is provided a tubular fuel cell in which a catalyst ink does not penetrate into a gas flow channel at the time of preparing a catalyst layer, and hence does not block the flow channel and thereby improves the electric power generation performance as well as the gals flow property, and there is also provided a production method of the tubular fuel cell. A tubular solid polymer fuel cell including a fuel gas flow channel | 2009-05-21 |
20090130524 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators. A first insulating bushing is attached to a first positioning hole of a first separator, and a second insulating bushing is attached to a second positioning hole of the second separator. An inner wall of the first insulating bushing is fitted to an outer wall of the second insulating bushing for positioning the first and second separators such that the first and second separators are insulated from each other. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130525 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER MEMBRANE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - First, second and third dopes | 2009-05-21 |
20090130526 | ELECTRODE ELECTROLYTE FOR USE IN SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL - This invention provides an electrode electrolyte for a solid polymer-type fuel cell, in which a cost problem and a problem related to recovery of catalyst metals are solved, having excellent proton conductivity, dimensional stability and heat resistance. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130527 | PLANAR FUEL CELL HAVING CATALYST LAYER WITH IMPROVED CONDUCTIVITY - The performance of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells having planar architecture is improved by increasing the electrical conductivity in at least one of the catalyst layers. The conductivity is increased by incorporating a highly electrically conductive additive selected from the group consisting of graphite, carbon nanotubes, and corrosion tolerant metals. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130528 | Fuel cell module with flexible interconnects - A fuel cell module according to the invention, of concentric type, can consist of parts fabricated independently of each other whilst ensuring efficient electric connection between these parts and the limiting of stresses inside the stack. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130529 | Fuel Cell System and Operation Method Thereof - A fuel cell system ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090130530 | Fuel Cell Stack Casing - A fuel cell stack casing for housing a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack casing may include a resin and an electromagnetic wave damping material, for example, a conductive material. In addition, the fuel cell stack may be electromagnetically shielded by the electromagnetic wave damping material. The fuel cell stack casing may include a plurality of members coupled to each other such that conductive materials contained in the members are electrically connected to each other. An inside surface of the casing may be an insulating surface. A plurality of apertures for ventilation may be formed in a wall of the casing such that the apertures are spaced from each other. The apertures may be covered with a cover. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130531 | FUEL CONTAINER - A fuel container | 2009-05-21 |
20090130532 | Mixing Pump Device and Fuel Cell - In a mixing pump device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090130533 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a highly-efficient fuel cell having a uniform temperature in the pile direction of the fuel cell stacks piled in the vertical direction. In order to achieve the object, the fuel cell ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090130534 | Separator for fuel cell and process for producing the same - In order to attain excellent electrical conductivity and molding processability, a fuel cell separator to be produced by performing press molding on a preform in which expanded graphite is used as the main raw material is improved so that the preform is produced by a papermaking method, whereby the characteristics of the mechanical strength, the flexibility, and the gas impermeability are improved, and the moldability is made excellent so that a light and compact configuration that is preferred in the automobile use or the like can be realized. In a fuel cell separator which is to be produced by performing press molding on a preform | 2009-05-21 |
20090130535 | Separator for Low-Temperature Type Fuel Cell and Production Method Therefor - A stainless steel sheet useful as a separator for a low-temperature fuel cell has the surface state that a lot of fine projections (p) stand close together around many fine pits (d) formed over a whole surface. The surface state is realized by alternating electrolytic etching in a ferric chloride solution. When the stainless steel separator is built in a fuel cell, contact resistance between the separator and a graphite electrode is kept at a lower level even in a corrosive atmosphere. Consequently, the fuel cell can be driven with high power-generating efficiency over a long term even under severely corrosive conditions without generation of massive Joule heat. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130536 | Fuel cell module, manufacturing method thereof and unit containing several of the latter - The fuel cell base module stacking structure has large compactness, very litte ohmic losses and ease as for implementing the seal of the assembly. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130537 | Fuel cell separator, method of manufacturing fuel cell separator, and fuel cell - A gas-impermeable fuel cell separator including ribs that form a gas flow passage, and a sealing section, wherein at least the gas flow passage has a hydrophilically treated surface, and in which the fuel cell separator base material is exposed within the sealing section. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130538 | Battery Apparatus, Vehicle Having the Same Mounted Thereon, and Failure Determining Method for the Battery Apparatus - The high-voltage battery unit | 2009-05-21 |
20090130539 | ELECTRIC POWER GRID BUFFER - An electric power grid buffer for storing electric energy by converting low energy electrochemistry waste into higher energy electrochemistry fuel and supplying electric energy to an electric power grid by discharging the higher energy electrochemistry fuel under production of low energy electrochemistry waste. In one embodiment, the electric power grid buffer stores electric energy generated by renewable energy sources, such as wind power or solar cells, and supplies an electric current to an electric power grid such that the renewable energy source is completely isolated from the electric power grid. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130540 | Power storage apparatus - In a power storage apparatus, for storing DC electric power, which is configured by connecting in series a plurality of modules each including a plurality of cells connected with one another, by providing two first switches at the input portion and at the output portion of the power storage apparatus and a second switch, in series with the modules, at a connection position where the modules are connected, the voltage to ground in the apparatus is lowered. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130541 | Multi-Series Battery Control System - A multi-series battery control system comprises battery cell groups each having a plurality of serially connected battery cells, a plurality of integrated circuits each disposed in correspondence to one of the battery cell groups and a battery control device that exchanges signals with the individual integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit includes an address setting means that receives a message unique to the integrated circuit, different from messages sent to other integrated circuits, from the battery control device, writes over an initialized address of the integrated circuit with the message and alters the message to a message with which an initialized address of another integrated circuit cannot be overwritten in a step assigned with an ordinal number matching the position of the integrated circuit with regard to the connection order. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130542 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR BATTERY PACK - The abnormality detection apparatus for a battery pack includes a first determining function of making a first determination that abnormality is present when a voltage across a unit battery of interest is higher than a first threshold, a second determining function of making a second determination that abnormality is present when the voltage is lower than a second threshold lower than the first threshold, a short-circuit function of making a short-circuit between a detection line of interest connected to one electrode of a unit battery of interest and an adjacent detection line connected to the other electrode of the unit battery, and a third determining function of making a third determination that there is faulty electrical continuity in the detection line of interest if the first determining function makes the first determination and the second determining function makes the second determination when the short circuit function makes the short-circuit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130543 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that is formed on a first region of the negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode terminal connected to an edge section of a second region of the negative electrode current collector, a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer positioned to face the negative electrode active material layer and the second region, and a stress imparting member which imparts a tensile stress or a shearing stress to the second region. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130544 | CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING FUNCTIONAL CENTER PIN - A lithium ion secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a center pin positioned within the electrode assembly, a variable-length member coupled to the center pin, the variable-length member adapted to increase in length when an interior temperature of the center pin reaches a critical temperature, a can containing the electrode assembly, the center pin, and the variable-length member, and a cap assembly coupled to the can, the cap assembly having safety means fracturable in response to the variable-length member being increased in length. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130545 | Battery System with Temperature Sensors - A battery system to monitor temperature includes at least one cell with a temperature sensing device proximate the at least one cell. The battery system also includes a flexible member that holds the temperature sensor proximate to the at least one cell. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130546 | Battery module and its method of manufacture - A rechargeable battery that prevents a concentration of stress on a coupling portion of a lead tab and a cap assembly at a time of bending the lead tab so as to not damage the coupling portion includes: an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrodes; a case to receive the electrode assembly and having an open top portion; a cap assembly arranged on the top portion of the case; a lead tab having one end affixed to the cap assembly to electrically connect the cap assembly to the first electrode; and a stopper fixed to the cap assembly and having one end arranged on the lead tab, the stopper allowing a portion of the lead tab contacting the one end of the stopper to be bent when the lead tab is bent. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130547 | Microporous polyethylene film with improved strength, permeability and surface energy - The present invention relates a microporous polyethylene film with improved mechanical strength, porosity, pore size and, particularly, improved surface energy, thereby having improved electrolyte wettability and being adequate for use as separators in high-capacity and long lifetime lithium secondary batteries. The microporous polyethylene film of the present invention is characterized by having a surface energy of at least 50 dynes/cm | 2009-05-21 |
20090130548 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - An electrode assembly comprises a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode coating portion formed one the positive electrode collector, a negative electrode plate having a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode coating portion formed on the negative electrode collector; and a separator. Either the positive electrode coating portion or the negative electrode coating portion is divided into a coating-starting portion, a coating-finishing portion and a uniform region between the coating-starting portion and the coating-finishing portion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130549 | Lead acid battery including a two-layer carbon foam current collector - A lead acid battery includes a housing and at least one cell disposed within the housing. Each cell includes at least one positive plate and at least one negative plate and an electrolyte disposed in a volume between the positive and negative plates. The at least one negative plate includes a current collector, consisting essentially of a layer of carbon foam disposed on a substrate, and a chemically active material disposed on the current collector. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130550 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes: a bare cell; an insulation case located on the bare cell; a protection device seated on the insulation case and electrically coupled to the bare cell; and a first lead electrically coupled to a first terminal of the protection device, where the insulation case includes; a base portion on which the protection device is seated; an anchor portion provided on a surface at one end of the base portion; and a hook portion projecting from one side surface of the anchor portion toward a center of the base portion and having an insertion groove at a lower portion thereof. The first lead is connected to the hook portion of the insulation case. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130551 | Nickel Metal-Hydride Battery - A sealed nickel metal-hydride battery shows a high output density and an excellent cycle performance particularly in a cold atmosphere. In a nickel metal-hydride battery having a nickel electrode and a hydrogen absorbing electrode respectively as positive electrode and negative electrode, the hydrogen absorbing electrode is formed by making an conductive support carry hydrogen absorbing alloy powder of rare earth elements and non-rare earth elements including nickel and the saturation mass susceptibility of the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder is 2 to 6 emu/g while the rate at which the hydrogen absorbing electrode carries hydrogen absorbing alloy powder per unit area is 0.06 to 0.15 g/cm | 2009-05-21 |
20090130552 | CAP ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A cap assembly to prevent the leakage of an electrolyte and a secondary battery including the cap assembly. The cap assembly comprises a cap plate having an electrolyte inlet is formed, and an electrolyte inlet switch board to selectively cover the electrolyte inlet. The electrolyte inlet switch board can be shaped as a rectangular prism, can have a corrugated surface, or can have corrugations formed on two opposing surfaces. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130553 | Battery terminal, battery, and battery holder - [Problems] A battery terminal, a battery, and a battery holder are provided which are less likely to cause a trouble that an insulated protrusion section having a configurational preventive function for improper connection is separated from a terminal surface without impairing the productivity and cost effectiveness. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130554 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes grooves formed in a cap plate into which conducting support members are disposed allowing for the exact connection of a protection circuit board to a predetermined position of the battery. The secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a can to house the electrode assembly; a cap assembly; a protection circuit board electrically coupled to an electrode terminal of the cap assembly; and a conducting support member connected to a groove formed in the cap plate and soldered to the protection circuit board. The protection circuit board is electrically and mechanically connected to the groove formed in the cap plate, thereby allowing the protection circuit board to be exactly connected to a predetermined position of the cap plate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130555 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes succinic anhydride and at least one of lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (1) and lithium bis(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (2). | 2009-05-21 |
20090130556 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - A nonaqueous electrolyte composition is disclosed. The composition includes a compound with oxygen and halogen coordinated on an element selected from Groups 4 to 15 in the periodic table. | 2009-05-21 |
20090130557 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE COLLECTOR FOR LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode current collector for lead-acid batteries contains a current collector substrate of titanium or a titanium alloy, a coating of titanium oxide formed on the surface of the current collector substrate, and a conductive ceramic layer formed on the surface of the coating, and the thickness of the coating is 0.09 μm or thinner. | 2009-05-21 |