48th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110293942 | VARIABLE TEMPERATURE/CONTINUOUS ION EXCHANGE PROCESS - A method of ion exchanging glass and glass ceramic articles. The method includes immersion of at least one such article in an ion exchange bath having a first end and a second end that are heated to first and second temperatures, respectively. The first and second temperature may either be equal or different from each other, with the latter state creating a temperature gradient across or along the ion exchange bath. Continuous processing of multiple articles is also possible in the ion exchange bath. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293943 | FLUOROPOLYMER ADDITIVE FOR COATINGS - This invention relates to a composition comprising a solvent-based fluoropolymer and its use as a coating additive, and a coating composition comprising the fluoropolymer. The coating composition comprising the solvent-based fluoropolymer provides desirable properties including uniform spreading, and cleanability and increased contact angle to a coated substrate. There is further provided a method of treating a substrate using the coating composition. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293944 | LEATHER ARTICLE HAVING IMPROVED SOIL RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention provides a leather article comprising a leather substrate having thereon at least one primer layer and a top layer, said top layer comprising a cross-linked composition obtainable by cross-linking a composition comprising one or more multi-functional monomers having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups and optionally one or more mono-functional monomers having only one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one of the multi-functional monomers and/or one of the monofunctional monomers when present, has a fluorinated segment. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293945 | VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN FILM - Provided is a vinylidene fluoride resin film that has good adhesiveness to a base material, achieves good dispersivity even when a pigment is contained in large amounts, and has excellent thermal stability during a forming process. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293946 | COMPOSITION FOR USE AS NON-STICK COATING - A substrate with a non stick surface which is obtained by sequentially applying on the substrate and curing of at least three coating layers. All coating layers comprise a fluorocarbon resin and some other resins, the basecoat layer and the topcoat layer comprise inorganic particles. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293947 | Coating Method and Structure Thereof - The present invention discloses a coating method and a structure thereof applicable to absorb the heat radiation and heat dissipation. The method comprises the steps of: providing a metal material and an insulating material; melting the metal material and the insulating material; atomizing and spraying the metal material on a substrate at least a predetermined thickness; disposing the insulating material on the metal material. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293948 | METHOD FOR COATING MOLDED ARTICLES - This invention discloses a coating method of plastic molded articles, which can form multilayer coating film composed of three layers of water-based primer, water-based base paint and clear paint, the film excelling in adherability to plastic molded articles, water resistance and durability, even when low-temperature baking at not higher than 100° C. is carried out in 3-coat-1-bake system. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293949 | SOLVENT-BASED FLUOROPOLYMER ADDITIVES AND THEIR USE IN COATING COMPOSITIONS - This invention relates to a composition comprising a solvent-based fluoropolymer and its use as a coating additive, and a coating composition comprising the fluoropolymer. The coating composition comprising the solvent-based fluoropolymer provides desirable properties including uniform spreading, and cleanability and increased contact angle to a coated substrate. There is further provided a method of treating a substrate using the coating composition. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293950 | Non-Stick Ceramic Coating Composition And Process - A series of new non-stick ceramic coating materials prepared from organic-inorganic hybrid materials, including silica sol, MTMS, FAS and PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) using the sol-gel process. The hybrid materials have good mechanical properties and are fashioned into a main ceramic network and good non-stick properties from organic non-stick compounds. The non-stick ceramic coating consists of two layers applied to cookware and for other applications. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293951 | AQUEOUS SILOXANE COATING COMPOSITION, MAKING METHOD, SURFACE TREATING AGENT, SURFACE TREATED STEEL, AND COATED STEEL - A cohydrolyzate and/or (partial) cohydrolytic condensate obtained from hydrolysis of (i) an epoxy-containing silane coupling agent, (ii) an organosilicon compound having at least two hydrolyzable silyl groups, and (iv) another hydrolyzable silyl group-containing organosilicon compound in the presence of (iii) an aqueous silica sol is dissolved and/or dispersed in water to form an aqueous siloxane coating composition having an alcohol content of up to 5% by weight. The composition is stable during storage at room temperature and able to form a cured coat which exerts satisfactory water resistance and corrosion control. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293952 | COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR SEALING THE SURFACE OF BUILDING MATERIALS - A composition is described, for filling the pores existing in the surfaces of coatings used in architecture, both for exteriors and for interiors, whose function is protecting the above surfaces against stains, comprising: sodium silicate to form a film; natural or synthetic mineral nano-charges to reduce, when drying, the shrinkage of a material deposited inside the pores; glycerine to slow-down drying; water as solvent; surface-active material to make it easier to wet the surface pores; dispersant to stabilise the nano-particles and to avoid their agglomeration and following sedimentation. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293953 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR POLARIZER AND POLARIZER FORMED USING SAME - An object is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a polarizer that is excellent in durability and simultaneously is excellent in prevention of leakage of light, without the use of a high-energy light ray. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a polarizer contains components (A) to (C) and having a gel fraction of 91% or more. (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic polymer that is obtained by copolymerizing at least the following monomer components (a1) to (a3), and has a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 to 2,000,000 and a ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 8 or less: (a1) 45 to 94.9% by mass of an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester monomer, (a2) 0.1 to 5% by mass of a carboxyl group-containing monomer, and (a3) 5 to 50% by mass of a benzene ring-containing monomer; (B) 4 to 12 parts by weight of a tolylene diisocyanate crosslinking agent; and (C) 0.05 to 1 part by weight of a silane coupling agent that has reactivity with a carboxyl group, wherein the benzene ring-containing monomer of the monomer component (a3) is 5 times or more in terms of mole of the tolylene diisocyanate crosslinking agent of the component (B). | 2011-12-01 |
20110293954 | APPLICATION OF HIGH TOUGHNESS, LOW VISCOSITY NANO-MOLECULAR RESIN FOR REINFORCING POTHOLE PATCHING MATERIALS IN ASPHALT AND CONCRETE BASE PAVEMENT - Described herein are methods of improving the durability of concrete by the infusion of the concrete with a low-viscosity oligomeric solution, and subsequent curing of the oligomeric solution to form a high toughness polymer. Also described herein are compositions containing concrete and high toughness polymers, and formed articles made from concrete and high toughness polymers. The methods and compositions are useful for improving the durability of concrete roads and structures, as well as the durability of repairs to concrete roads. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293955 | METHODS OF FORMING A BORON NITRIDE, A METHOD OF CONDITIONING A BALLISTIC WEAPON, AND A METAL ARTICLE COATED WITH A MONOMERIC BORON-NITROGEN COMPOUND - A method of forming a boron nitride. The method comprises contacting a metal article with a monomeric boron-nitrogen compound and converting the monomeric boron-nitrogen compound to a boron nitride. The boron nitride is formed on the same or a different metal article. The monomeric boron-nitrogen compound is borazine, cycloborazane, trimethylcycloborazane, polyborazylene, B-vinylborazine, poly(B-vinylborazine), or combinations thereof. The monomeric boron-nitrogen compound is polymerized to form the boron nitride by exposure to a temperature greater than approximately 100° C. The boron nitride is amorphous boron nitride, hexagonal boron nitride, rhombohedral boron nitride, turbostratic boron nitride, wurzite boron nitride, combinations thereof, or boron nitride and carbon. A method of conditioning a ballistic weapon and a metal article coated with the monomeric boron-nitrogen compound are also disclosed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293956 | DRY LAMINATION METHOD AND LAMINATE OBTAINED BY USING THE SAME - Provided is a dry lamination method, and a laminate having superior appearance obtained by the method. The method in which an adhesive having a solid matter content of 35 wt % or more diluted in a solvent is applied onto a film according to a gravure process, the solvent is volatilized, and the resulting film is adhered with another film to obtain a laminate, wherein the adhesive is applied by: a gravure cylinder in which the screen number of gravure cylinder is 135 to 270 lines/inch and cell volume is 10 to 30 cc/m | 2011-12-01 |
20110293957 | BARRIER MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a biopolymer based barrier coating composition wherein said biopolymer based barrier coating composition comprises a plasticizer, a nano-sized clay and a biopolymer comprising a native starch and/or a de-graded starch and/or a chemically modified starch. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the biopolymer based barrier coating composition as well as to a method for coating a cellulose based substrate with the biopolymer based barrier coating composition. Finally, the present invention relates to a cellulose based substrate coated with said biopolymer based barrier coating composition. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293958 | Self-Healing Coatings - A metallic microcapsule containing a polymeric microcapsule having one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule is disclosed. Also disclosed is a self-healing coating composition comprising (a) a film-forming binder; and (b) metallic microcapsules, the metallic microcapsules being the same or different and containing a polymeric microcapsule containing one or more polymeric precursors encapsulated therein; and a metallic shell enclosing a volume containing the polymeric microcapsule. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293959 | METHOD FOR TWISTING HOLLOW BARS - A method for fabricating a hollow bar that forms elements of a grille or railing of a metalwork piece where the bar is twisted manually, machine-assisted or automated machinery, into a spiral form for decorative or ornamental purposes. By providing the hollow bar to be comprised of separate longitudinal parts which may be hinged-joined to complementarily fastened to each other to form the hollow bar, the longitudinal joints are thus amenable to increased torsional stress, such that each of the parts may be twisted without breaching the material's fatigue limit and the bar as a whole capable of being twisted with more spiral turns within its elasticity limits. The twisted bar may thus be released for re-working for adjustments or re-installation. A number of exemplary joint embodiments, internal and external bracing accessories are also disclosed to cater for the different longitudinal part fabrication, e.g. by extrusion or roll-milling. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293960 | Rolled Copper Foil or Electrolytic Copper Foil for Electronic Circuit, and Method of Forming Electronic Circuit using same - Provided is a rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil for an electronic circuit to be used for forming a circuit by etching, wherein the copper foil comprises a heat resistance layer composed of zinc or zinc alloy or its oxide formed on an etching side of the rolled copper foil or electrolytic copper foil, and a layer of nickel or nickel alloy, which is a metal or alloy with a lower etching rate than copper, formed on the heat resistance layer. This invention aims to prevent sagging caused by the etching, to form a uniform circuit having the intended circuit width, and to shorten the time of forming a circuit by etching as much as possible, when forming a circuit by etching a copper foil of the copper-clad laminate; and also aims to make the thickness of the nickel or nickel alloy layer as thin as possible, to inhibit oxidation when exposed to heat, to prevent tarnish (discoloration) known as “YAKE”, to improve the etching properties in pattern etching, and to prevent the occurrence of short circuits and defects in the circuit width. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293961 | SILVER-CONTAINING ALLOY PLATING BATH AND METHOD FOR ELECTROLYTIC PLATING USING SAME - The present invention provides a silver-containing alloy electrolytic plating bath which can produce silver-containing alloy plated products having excellent resistance to oxidation suitable for electronic members, decoration members, and dental members, and a method for electrolytic plating using the same. Specifically the plating bath is to deposit a silver-containing alloy on the surface of the substrate. The silver-containing alloy plated products having excellent resistance to oxidation can be manufactured by using the plating bath which contains (a) a silver compound containing 99.9% to 46% by mass of silver on the basis of the total metal mass therein, (b) a gadolinium compound containing 0.1% to 54% by mass of gadolinium on the basis of the total metal mass therein, (c) at least one kind of complexing agent, and (d) a solvent, and by using the method for electrolytic plating applying the plating bath. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293962 | SOLDER JOINTS WITH ENHANCED ELECTROMIGRATION RESISTANCE - Electronic assemblies and solders used in electronic assemblies are described. One embodiment includes a die and a substrate, with a solder material positioned between the die and the substrate, the solder comprising at least 91 weight percent Sn, 0.4 to 1.0 weight percent Cu and at least one dopant selected from the group consisting of Ag, Bi, P, and Co. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293963 | COATINGS, TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS, AND METHODS FOR COATING TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - A coating is disclosed that consists essentially of, by weight, about 27.5% to about 31.5% aluminum, about 0.20% to about 0.60% hafnium, about 0.08% to about 0.30% zirconium, about 0.005% to about 0.100% of two or more reactive elements selected from a group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, and cerium, and a balance of nickel. Turbine engine components including the coating and methods of applying the coating on such components are also disclosed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293964 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical recording medium includes: an inorganic recording layer; and a protective layer including a composite oxide containing an indium oxide provided on at least one surface of the inorganic recording layer, wherein the composite oxide is represented by the formula [(In | 2011-12-01 |
20110293965 | LUBRICANT AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE USING SAME - In a lubricant including a structure of a polymer compound, the structure includes polar groups or side chains having polarity at terminal ends and in at least one intermediate portion of a main chain, and also includes non-polar side chains at the terminal ends or in the intermediate portions of the main chain. For example, any of —OH, —CH | 2011-12-01 |
20110293966 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium which has been made by forming at least one magnetic layer having a granular structure on a substrate by sputtering, wherein said at least one magnetic recording layer having a granular structure comprises magnetic grains separated from each other by an oxide, and is made by sputtering a target comprising cobalt oxide and substantially free from metallic chromium and a chromium alloy. The magnetic grains in the granular structure have an average grain diameter of not larger than 6 nm, and are separated from each other by the oxide with a grain boundary width of at least 1.5 nm. The magnetic grains are minute and separated from each other with an enhanced grain boundary width, and the magnetic recording medium exhibits an enhanced recording density and improved electromagnetic conversion characteristics. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293967 | Multilayer structure with high perpendicular anisotropy for device applications - Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and Hc are enhanced in magnetic devices with a Ta/M1/M2 seed layer where M1 is preferably Ti, and M2 is preferably Cu, and including an overlying (Co/Ni) | 2011-12-01 |
20110293968 | Starch-based battery system - The present invention is directed to a starch-based battery system. The starch-based battery system uses a rheological and replaceable starch gluten electrolyte that generates colloidal starch gel adhesive contacted with and/or attached on electrodes to generate current for powering electronic devices. The starch-based battery system that includes control circuit and standard cap module replaces a conventional dry cell battery or is integrated with electronic devices to power, for example, flash-light, lighting ornaments or magnetic actuated motion products and toys. In other embodiments of the invention, the starch-based battery system is integrated into a device for attracting aquatic life forms in an aquatic environment, wherein the starch-based battery powers a light source and/or sound source and also the starch gluten electrolyte acts as bait for attracting aquatic life forms within the aquatic environment. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293969 | INTEGRATED BATTERY AND IC - Consistent with an example embodiment, there is an apparatus comprising a carrier, a laminated battery provided on a major surface of the carrier, and an integrated circuit. The laminated battery includes a bottom electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a top electrode layer. The integrated circuit is connected to the bottom electrode layer and the top electrode layer. The integrated circuit is surrounded by the laminated battery on the major surface of the carrier. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293970 | SECONDARY BATTERY PROTECTING CIRCUIT AND HYBRID POWER SOURCE EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery protecting circuit connected in parallel with a nonaqueous secondary battery, the secondary battery protecting circuit including: a first voltage detecting circuit; a second voltage detecting circuit; a switch section; and a heat radiating section. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293971 | Battery Module - The present invention discloses a battery module including a casing capable of supporting a plurality of battery cells and having a circuit board holding structure, a circuit board held by the circuit board holding structure, a plurality of conducting buses disposed on the casing for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells and the circuit board, and a plurality of battery cell sets, each of which including a battery holder and at least two battery cells, where any two of the plurality of battery cell sets are independent in structure and thereby can be affixed to the casing or detached from the casing respectively. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293972 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a secondary battery, an oxidizing gas supplier, a gas supply flow regulator, an oxidizing gas supply path, a cathode off-gas exhaust path, a bypass flow path, a flow regulator, an available power output acquirer, and an operation controller, wherein the gas supply flow regulator regulates the gas supply flow rate to cause the oxidizing gas supplier to supply an excess gas flow rate, which is set to be greater than a target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate, wherein the target fuel gas-requiring gas flow rate is the fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate to be supplied to the fuel cell in order to achieve the target current value, when the available power output is less than a minimum amount of electric power required for the oxidizing gas supplier to increase the gas supply flow rate from 0 to a preset gas flow rate within a preset time period, and the operation controller controls the flow regulator to make the bypass flow rate equal to a difference gas flow rate between the excess gas flow rate and the target fuel cell-requiring gas flow rate. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293973 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery module including a plurality of battery cells; a housing accommodating the battery cells, the housing having a bottom plate and a plurality of side walls extending from the bottom plate; and a middle cover covering the battery module, the middle cover having a body and a coupling flange extending away from the body and located between one of the side walls and the battery module. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293974 | Battery pack - A battery pack including a housing for accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; a cooling unit for cooling the secondary batteries, the cooling unit including an inlet through which a cooling fluid flows in and an outlet through which the cooling fluid flows out; and a terminal unit detachably connectable to the cooling unit, the terminal unit including a first terminal for circulating the cooling fluid. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293975 | TEST METHOD FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The test method for a lithium-ion secondary battery comprises a measuring potential difference Δ between an outer can and a negative electrode external terminal after a charging process, and if the potential difference Δ is a predetermined prescribed value or greater, the battery is determined as a non-defective product. This method can more accurately detect a battery in which a short circuit occurs temporarily, for example, when the negative electrode external terminal and the outer can come into contact simultaneously with a manufacturing apparatus than the case when a potential difference between the positive electrode external terminal and the outer can is measured. Thus the method can reduce the possibility of corrosion of the outer can due to lithium metal deposited on the inner surface of the outer can. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293976 | SEPARATOR AND BATTERY - A separator includes a first layer that has a first principal face and a second principal face, and a second layer that is formed on at least one of the first principal face and the second principal face. The first layer is a microporous membrane including a first polymer resin, and the second layer is a microporous membrane including inorganic particles having an electrically insulating property and a second polymer resin. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293977 | HIGH-POWER LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode non-coating portion that is not coated with an active material in a portion of a positive electrode collector. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode non-coating portion that is not coated with an active material in a portion of a negative electrode collector. The non-coating portions are disposed in at least one of upper and lower portions of the electrode assembly in a longitudinal direction of the electrodes. A positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab are connected to the non-coating portions. The separator is a complex porous separator including a substrate coated with a binder polymer or an organic/inorganic mixture formed of a binder polymer and inorganic particles. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293978 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack including a frame integrated with a reinforcement member and a supporting member, thereby realizing a compact and lightweight dimension. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on top of each other, a frame including a supporting member covering the plurality of battery cells and a reinforcement member formed inside the supporting member, and an end plate disposed at the exterior of the plurality of battery cells and coupled to the frame. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293979 | BATTERY HOUSING DEVICE - A battery housing device includes a case configured to house a battery and having a plus terminal and a minus terminal, a plus pole spring provided in the case and having one end connected to the plus terminal and an opposite end configured to come in contact with a plus pole of the battery, a minus pole spring provided in the case and having one end connected to the minus terminal and an opposite end configured to come in contact with a minus pole of the battery, and a battery support configured to support a bottom face of the battery and to support a side wall of the battery. The battery can be attached to and detached from the battery support in a length direction of the battery. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293980 | BATTERY CUSHION AND INSULATOR - An application for a battery shield including a set of walls made of a resilient, elastomeric material and a base made of the same resilient, elastomeric material. A bottom edge of the walls connects to an edge of the base forming a rectangular cavity having a width and a depth. The width is substantially equivalent to the width of a battery pack and the depth is substantially equivalent to the depth of the battery pack, thereby the battery shield snuggly fits around the battery pack, reducing shock and vibration of the battery pack from external shock and vibration and insulating the battery pack from ambient temperature extremes. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293981 | MOBILE DEVICE HAVING A WATERPROOF STRUCTURE - A mobile device includes a housing, a gasket and a lid assembly. The housing defines receiving chamber to receive a battery and a receiving groove configured in a circle around the receiving chamber. The gasket is received in the receiving groove. The lid assembly attached to the housing to cover the receiving chamber includes a first lid and a second lid. The first lid includes a projecting rib to engage with the receiving groove to force the gasket in the receiving groove. The second lid is slideably attached to the first lid and engages to the housing to force the first lid on the housing. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293982 | CORRUGATED FIN AND FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY COOLING - A cooling module for a battery pack assembly is disclosed. The cooling module includes a frame having a plurality of legs forming an opening through a central portion of the frame, at least one of the plurality of legs including a slot formed therethrough. A cooling fin is coupled to the frame. The cooling fin includes a corrugated plate interposed between a first plate and a second plate forming a plurality of fluid flow channels between the first plate and the second plate. The cooling modules are disposed in a stack having at least one battery cell disposed between adjacent cooling modules. The battery cell is in heat transfer communication with the cooling fin of at least one cooling module, wherein the cooling fin facilitates a transfer of heat energy between the battery cell and the flow channels formed in the cooling fin. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293983 | STACKABLE REPEATING FRAME WITH INTEGRATED CELL SENSING CONNECTION - A module for a battery pack includes a cooling frame and a spacer frame. At least one of the first and second surfaces of the cooling frame is adapted to transfer heat to a coolant flow. A first battery cell having first and second electrically conductive tabs abuts a cooling frame member first surface. A second end of the cooling frame member includes a connection terminal for electrically connecting to the first electrically conductive tab. A spacer frame member first surface abuts the first battery cell, and a second surface abuts a second battery cell. A first end of the spacer frame member includes a connection terminal for electrically connecting to the second electrically conductive tab of the first battery cell and the first electrically conductive tab of the second battery cell. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293984 | Enhanced high voltage terminal cooling with a high thermal conductivity coating - A battery cell pack having improved heat transfer is described. In one embodiment, the battery cell pack includes a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell having an anode foil and a cathode foil; a pair of taps, the first tap attached to the anode foil and the second tap attached to the cathode foil; wherein at least one battery cell has a high thermal conductivity coating on at least one side of the anode foil, or the cathode foil, or both; or at least one of the taps has a high thermal conductivity coating on at least one side; or both. Methods of improving the heat transfer of battery cell packs are also described. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293985 | Heat Transfer Module for Battery Cells and Battery Assembly Therewith - Disclosed is a heat transfer module ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293986 | BATTERY MODULE - To hold cells while efficiently adjusting temperature of the cells, a battery module ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293987 | BATTERY TERMINAL CONNECTION SYSTEM - An application for a battery terminal interface includes a battery terminal interface shield made of a conductive metal having a lower impedance than an impedance of lead. The battery terminal interface shield has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface contacts substantially all of an outer surface of a battery terminal and the outer surface contacts a cable connector, thereby distributing electrical current to/from the cable connector to substantially the entire outer surface of the battery terminal. Since the battery terminal is made from lead and the battery terminal interface shield is made from a better conductor, electric current is better distributed across a greater surface area of the battery terminal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293988 | LEAD-OXIDE BATTERY PLATE WITH NONWOVEN GLASS MAT - Provided is a lead-oxide pasted battery plate comprising a lead alloy grid, lead oxide paste and a nonwoven glass fiber mat. The nonwoven glass mat is comprised of glass fibers having a diameter greater than 10 microns, a binder for the glass fibers, and a third component. The third component can comprise cellulosic fibers, glass micro-fibers, polymeric fibers, fillers or mixtures thereof. The presence of the third component restricts the penetration of the lead oxide paste through the thickness of the mat during the plate pasting operation, thereby keeping the process equipment free from the accumulation of lead oxide paste. The component can then dissolve in the battery acid solution, or work synergistically with the battery separator to deliver electrolyte to the lead oxide plate during the operation of the battery. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293989 | RESIN COMPOSITION, SHEET AND POROUS FILM - Disclosed is a resin composition containing a filler, a high molecular weight polyolefin, and a polyolefin wax having a weight average molecular weight of 700 to 6,000, wherein the resin composition satisfies the following formula (1), assuming that the weight of the ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin contained in the resin composition is W1, the weight of the polyolefin wax having a weight average molecular weight of 700 to 6,000 is W2, and the intrinsic viscosity of the ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin is [η]: | 2011-12-01 |
20110293990 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material, an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a separator including a polymer substrate and a ceramic-containing coating layer on the polymer substrate. The ceramic-containing coating layer has a porosity at or between about 50% and about 90%, and a thickness at or between about 2 μm and about 6 μm. The rechargeable lithium battery has a capacity per volume of more than or equal to about 700 Wh/l. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293991 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material, an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a separator including a polymer substrate and a ceramic-containing coating layer on the polymer substrate. The ceramic-containing coating layer has a porosity at or between about 50% and about 90%, and a thickness at or between about 2 μm and about 6 μm. The rechargeable lithium battery has a capacity per volume of more than or equal to about 700 Wh/l. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293992 | BATTERY CONNECTION TOPOLOGY - A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells arranged in a stacked configuration, each of the battery cells including a first terminal disposed on a first end of the battery cell and a second terminal disposed on a second end of the battery cell, wherein the first terminal of at least one of the battery cells is in direct electrical communication with the second terminal of another non-adjacent one of the battery cells. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293993 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an electricity storage system, which has high energy density, which is a property of a lithium-sulfur battery cell, and can perform high-speed output and high-speed charging/discharging which are properties of an electrochemical capacitor cell, while having high output and high energy density, by stacking the electrochemical capacitor cell on the lithium-sulfur battery cell. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293994 | BATTERY PACK ASSEMBLY USING CLAD ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - A battery pack assembly includes a first battery cell having a first electrical connection tab formed of a first material, a second battery cell having a first electrical connection tab formed of a second material, and a metal clad connection terminal having a first surface formed of the first material and a second surface formed of the second material, wherein the first electrical connection tab of the first battery cell is electrically connected to the first surface of the metal clad connection terminal, and the first electrical connection tab of the second battery cell is electrically connected to the second surface of the metal clad connection terminal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293995 | CONDUCTOR FOR CONNECTING TERMINALS, ASSEMBLED BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASSEMBLED BATTERY - A conductor for connecting terminals of a battery in which a conductor for connecting terminals ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293996 | STACKED SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - In a stacked secondary battery, positive electrodes | 2011-12-01 |
20110293997 | BATTERY PACK THERMAL PROTECTION FROM HEAT STERILIZATION - An application for a battery pack that includes a set of walls made of sturdy material, power interface terminals and battery cells/electronics held within the walls. The battery cells are separated from the walls by a highly insulating material, thereby reducing the temperature that the battery cells reach during heat sterilization cycles performed on the battery pack after, for example, exposure of the battery pack to pathogens. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293998 | BATTERY UNIT - In one example embodiment, a battery unit includes a battery case, and a plurality of battery blocks stored in the battery case. The plurality of battery blocks are electrically connected together in series. In one example embodiment, a first plurality of the battery blocks form a first column and are arranged in a side-to-side configuration. In one example embodiment, a second plurality of the battery blocks form a second column and are arranged in an end-to-end configuration which is different from the side-to-side configuration. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293999 | ALKALINE BATTERY - A positive electrode | 2011-12-01 |
20110294000 | BATTERY PACK - An embodiment of the invention relates to a battery pack having a strength-reinforced housing that accommodates a plurality of battery cells. In one embodiment, the battery pack includes one or more battery cells, a housing accommodating the one or more battery cells, and a reinforcement portion formed in the housing. The housing has a bottom portion and three sidewalls upwardly extending from three-sided perimeters of the bottom portion. The reinforcement portion surrounds surfaces of the three sidewalls. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294001 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery and an electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle, the secondary battery including a case; an electrode terminal coupled to an electrode assembly in the case; a nut fastened with the electrode terminal, the nut having a thread on an inner circumferential surface thereof; a cap plate hermetically sealing the case, the electrode terminal extending through the cap plate; and a seal gasket between the electrode terminal and the cap plate, the seal gasket being compressed by the nut, wherein the electrode terminal includes a flange part below a bottom surface of the cap plate, an insertion part passing through a through-hole of the cap plate, and a fastening part having a thread recess engaged with the thread of the nut, and wherein the nut is rotatably fastened with the fastening part of the electrode terminal, such that a front end of the thread contacts a back end of the thread recess when viewed from a rotation direction of the nut. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294002 | Case for secondary battery and secondary battery including the same - A case for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same, the case including a case body having an interior space therein, the case body having a top opening; a cap plate in the top opening of the case body, the cap plate having a joint surface facing a joint surface of the case body; and a sealing member on the joint surface of at least one of the case body and the cap plate. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294003 | POLYETHER-FUNCTIONALIZED REDOX SHUTTLE ADDITIVES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - Compounds may have general Formula I, II, or III: | 2011-12-01 |
20110294004 | ALKALINE CELL WITH ADDITIVE FOR IMPROVED DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE - The present disclosure generally relates to an alkaline electrochemical cell comprising an additive for improved discharge performance. The additive is a finely dispersed superabsorbent material comprising particles having a substantially uniform shape and a small particle size relative to typical materials used in alkaline cells. The superabsorbent material results in enhanced discharge performance of the alkaline cell by increasing access of zinc to the electrolyte. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294005 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - An object is to improve characteristics of a power storage device by devising the shape of an active material layer. The characteristics of the power storage device can be improved by providing a power storage device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode includes an active material layer. The active material layer includes a plurality of projecting portions containing an active material and a plurality of particles containing an active material, which are arranged over the plurality of projecting portions or in a space between the plurality of projecting portions. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294006 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS - A process for forming a surface-treatment layer on an electroactive material includes heating the electroactive material and exposing the electroactive material to a reducing gas to form a surface-treatment layer on the electroactive material, where the surface-treatment layer is a layer of partial reduction of the electroactive material. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294007 | BIPOLAR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A bipolar secondary battery has a battery element that includes first and second bipolar electrodes each having a collector disposed with a conductive resin layer containing a first resin as a base material and positive and negative electrode active material layers formed on opposite sides of the collector and a separator containing a second resin as a base material, arranged between the first and second bipolar electrodes and retaining an electrolyte material to form an electrolyte layer. The positive electrode active material layer of the first bipolar electrode, the electrolyte layer and the negative electrode active material layer of the second bipolar electrode constitute a unit cell. A melting point of the first resin is lower than or equal to a melting point of the second resin. Outer peripheries of the collectors of the first and second bipolar electrodes and an outer periphery of the separator are fused together to thereby seal an outer peripheral portion of the unit cell. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294008 | Lightweight, Durable Lead-Acid Batteries - A lightweight, durable lead-acid battery is disclosed. Alternative electrode materials and configurations are used to reduce weight, to increase material utilization and to extend service life. The electrode can include a current collector having a buffer layer in contact with the current collector and an electrochemically active material in contact with the buffer layer. In one form, the buffer layer includes a carbide, and the current collector includes carbon fibers having the buffer layer. The buffer layer can include a carbide and/or a noble metal selected from of gold, silver, tantalum, platinum, palladium and rhodium. When the electrode is to be used in a lead-acid battery, the electrochemically active material is selected from metallic lead (for a negative electrode) or lead peroxide (for a positive electrode). | 2011-12-01 |
20110294009 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - An object is to provide a power storage device with high discharge capacity and high energy density. The power storage device includes a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material is formed over a positive electrode current collector; and a negative electrode which faces the positive electrode with an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The positive electrode active material includes a film-form first region which includes a compound containing lithium and nickel; and a film-form second region which includes a compound containing lithium and one or more of iron, manganese, and cobalt, but not containing nickel. The first region is covered with the second region. Since a superficial portion of the positive electrode active material does not contain nickel, nickel is not in contact with an electrolyte solution; thus, generation of a catalyst effect of nickel can be suppressed, and a high discharge potential of nickel can be utilized. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294010 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - It is an object to perform insertion and extraction of lithium ions effectively at a positive electrode of a power storage device so as to increase the reaction speed. Further, it is an object to increase the capacitance per unit volume of an active material of a positive electrode. A layer containing carbon and an active material layer are stacked at a positive electrode, whereby insertion and extraction of lithium ions are effectively performed at the positive electrode and reaction speed can be increased, even when the thickness of the positive electrode is increased. The active material layer interposed between the layers each containing carbon includes particulate crystals and therefore has high density, so that the active material can have large capacitance per unit volume. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294011 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An energy storage device is provided in which a discharge capacity can be high and/or in which degradation of an electrode due to repetitive charge and discharge can be reduced. An electrode of the energy storage device which includes a crystalline silicon layer serving as an active material layer is provided. The crystalline silicon layer includes a crystalline silicon region and a whisker-like crystalline silicon region having a plurality of protrusions projected upward from the crystalline silicon region. The protrusions include a first protrusion and a second protrusion; the second protrusion has a larger length along the axis and a sharper tip than the first protrusion. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294012 | ANODE FOR LITHIUM-ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - It is an objective of the present invention to provide a lithium-ion rechargeable battery anode which can control the volume change of a primary particle of a negative-electrode active material other than a carbon-based material and that can prevent cracks due to stress caused by the volume change from occurring and extending. There is provided an anode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery including a primary particle of a negative-electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, the negative-electrode active material including at least one of silicon and tin, and at least one element selected from elements that do not chemically react with lithium, in which holes are present both in an inner core region in the central region of the primary particle of the negative-electrode active material and in a periphery region that covers the inner core region. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294013 | EXFOLIATED CARBON NANOTUBES, METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND PRODUCTS OBTAINED THEREFROM - In various embodiments, exfoliated carbon nanotubes are described in the present disclosure. The carbon nanotubes maintain their exfoliated state, even when not dispersed in a medium such as a polymer or a liquid solution. Methods for making the exfoliated carbon nanotubes include suspending carbon nanotubes in a solution containing a nanocrystalline material, precipitating exfoliated carbon nanotubes from the solution and isolating the exfoliated carbon nanotubes. Nanocrystalline materials may include nanorods, hydroxyapatite and various hydroxyapatite derivatives. In some embodiments, methods for making exfoliated carbon nanotubes include preparing a solution of carbon nanotubes in an acid and filtering the solution through a filter to collect exfoliated carbon nanotubes on the filter. In some embodiments, a concentration of carbon nanotubes in the acid is below the percolation threshold. In other various embodiments, energy storage devices and polymer composites containing exfoliated carbon nanotubes are described herein. The energy storage device may be a battery containing at least two electrodes and an electrolyte in contact with the at least two electrodes. At least one of the electrodes in the energy storage device advantageously contains exfoliated carbon nanotubes. The polymer composites are prepared by mixing exfoliated carbon nanotubes with a polymer material. After being mixed in the polymer material, the carbon nanotubes maintain their exfoliated state. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294014 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY, AND SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY - Disclosed is a negative electrode for a secondary lithium battery and a secondary lithium battery including the same, wherein the negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative active material layer formed on the current collector, and the negative active material layer includes an additive including a core including a metal oxide and a metal coating layer formed on the core, and a negative active material. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294015 | Method and Apparatus for Production of a Thin-Film Battery - A method for production of a thin-film battery includes providing a mount structure, applying of a first unmasked flow of a first electrode material to the mount structure in order to form a first electrode layer, applying a second unmasked flow of a battery material in order to form a battery layer, and applying a third unmasked flow of a second electrode material in order to form a second electrode layer. The applying steps are repeated in order to produce a thin-film battery which consists of a plurality of first electrode layers, a plurality of battery layers, and a plurality of second electrode layers. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294016 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR USE IN FORMATION OF MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and low thermal shrinkage ratio. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294017 | REDOX SHUTTLES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - Compounds may have general Formula IVA or IVB. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294018 | REDOX SHUTTLES FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CATHODES - A compound has general Formula I, II, III, or IV: | 2011-12-01 |
20110294019 | ELECTRODE STABILIZING MATERIALS - An electrolyte includes a polar aprotic solvent; an alkali metal salt; and an electrode stabilizing compound that is a monomer, which when polymerized forms an electrically conductive polymer. The electrode stabilizing compound is a thiophene, a imidazole, a anilines, a benzene, a azulene, a carbazole, or a thiol. Electrochemical devices may incorporate such electrolytes. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294020 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME - This invention relates to a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same and a lithium secondary battery including the same. This negative active material exhibits high capacity and superior cycle-life characteristics and is thus usefully employed in a lithium secondary battery which shows high capacity during high-rate charge•discharge. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294021 | AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - An aqueous electrolyte battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrolyte, an aqueous electrolyte, and a deposition portion that promotes deposition of discharge product and that is provided at a location that contacts the aqueous electrolyte and that is a location other than at a catalyst included in the positive electrode. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294022 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH BURNER - Fuel cell system with at least one burner that is arranged directly at a fuel cell, shaped at/on it, or in which a burner ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110294023 | CLOSED LOOP TYPE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH UNREACTED MATERIAL REMOVING FUNCTION - Disclosed herein is a closed loop type fuel cell system having a removal function for an oxidant and a reductant, which are unreacted material, including a recirculating means recirculating oxidant and reductant discharged from the main fuel cell back into the main fuel cell; and a regenerating means for removing moisture produced during the operation of the main fuel cell and impurities contained in the recirculated oxidant and reductant. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294024 | Device for Providing a Carrier Gas Containing a Fuel, and Fuel Cell Comprising Such a Device - The present invention relates to a humidification unit for providing a carrier gas containing a fuel for supplying a fuel cell. This comprises a humidification chamber, which is designed for the storage of a liquid containing fuel, an inlet leading into the humidification chamber feed a liquid containing fuel, a further inlet leading into the humidification chamber to feed a carrier gas, in such a way that the carrier gas in the humidification chamber is in contact with the liquid, an outlet for the release of the carrier gas containing gaseous fuel, wherein a control unit is provided to keep the liquid containing fuel in the humidification chamber at a temperature below its boiling point. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294025 | SURFACE-TREATED HYDROCARBON-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES FOR DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELLS - A proton (H | 2011-12-01 |
20110294026 | Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a fuel cell - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a controller, a resistance sensor, and a regulator. The fuel cell has a cathode plate, an anode plate, and an ion-exchange membrane interposed between the cathode plate and the anode plate. The controller is for controlling a gas flow rate to the anode plate. The resistance sensor is coupled to the fuel cell for measuring a resistance of the fuel cell. The regulator is coupled to the controller and coupled to the anode plate for regulating the gas flow to the anode plate. The controller receives a signal from the resistance sensor and is configured to control the regulator to adjust the gas flow to the anode plate based on the signal from the resistance sensor. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294027 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes (1) a fuel containing unit having two containers containing a metal hydride, the two containers being disposed in thermal contact with each other, (2) a fuel cell disposed in thermal contact with one of the two containers, (3) a discharge regulating valve capable of switching between a suppressed state in which hydrogen discharge from the other of the two containers is suppressed and an open state in which the suppressed state is canceled, and ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110294028 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A fuel cell system including: a fuel cell stack including plural fuel cells sandwiched between two end plates; a fuel supply system supplying a stream of fuel gas to the fuel cell stack; an oxidizer supply system supplying a stream of oxidizer gas to the fuel cell stack; a closed loop coolant circulation system driving a cooling liquid through the fuel cell stack so that the cooling liquid enters the fuel cell stack, absorbs heat from the fuel cells, and exits the fuel cell stack. The coolant circulation system includes a circulation pump driving the cooling liquid, a heat exchanger removing heat from the cooling liquid and for at least partially transferring the heat to the stream of fuel gas and/or the stream of oxidizer gas. The heat exchanger includes a tube made from a heat-conducting material and inserted into a bore in one of the end plates, the tube and the bore defining at least a first fluid channel inside the tube and a second fluid channel in a space existing between the tube and the sides of the bore in the end plate, one of the first and second fluid channels being for the cooling liquid, and the other fluid channel being for the fuel or the oxidizer gas. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294029 | HYDROPHILIC COATING FOR FUEL CELL BIPOLAR PLATE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - One embodiment disclosed includes a product comprising: a fuel cell component comprising a substrate and a first coating overlying the substrate, the coating comprising a compound comprising at least one Si—O group, at least one polar group and at least one group including a saturated or unsaturated carbon chain. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294030 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL STACK - When assembly is carried out by clamping a stacked product made up of a plurality of unit cell modules, paired end plates respectively disposed on both the sides thereof and the like by a plurality of fastening members, first coupling portions of one end portion of each of such plurality of fastening members and second coupling portions of the other end portions are combined to each other, and coupled with one pin member. Thus, a plurality of such fastening members are coupled. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294031 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND FUEL CELL - Membrane electrode assemblies are disposed in openings provided in a substrate, respectively. Each membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer. The substrate has an insulating region that insulates a conducting region used to connect an adjacent membrane electrode assembly in series, and an insulating region used to insulate the periphery of the membrane electrode assembly. The conducting region is provided between adjacent membrane electrode assemblies. The conducting region and the insulating region share the same material used for their base portions, and the electric conductivity increases continuously from the insulating region toward the conducting region. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294032 | WATER VAPOR TRANSFER MEMBRANE ATTACHMENT TO GAS DIFFUSION SEPARATORS - A water vapor transfer device for a fuel cell includes a pair of diffusion medium layers, a pair of edge strips, an array of elongate cords, and a pair of polymer membranes. One of the edge strips is disposed between the first edges of the diffusion medium layers. Another of the edge strips is disposed adjacent the second edge of each of the diffusion medium layers. The edge strips are bonded to each of the diffusion medium layers with a hot-melt adhesive. The elongate cords are disposed between the diffusion medium layers and intermediate the edge strips. The elongate cords are bonded to each of the diffusion medium layers with a hot-melt adhesive and define a plurality of flow channels between the diffusion medium layers. The polymer membranes are bonded to the diffusion medium layers adjacent the edge strips with the hot-melt adhesive from the edge strips. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294033 | UNITIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SUB-ASSEMBLY AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is a unitized electrochemical cell sub-assembly having a first separator plate and a second separator plate that each has a first surface. A recess is located in at least one of the first surfaces to define a chamber adjacent the periphery of the plates when the plates face each other. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising an ion exchange membrane and a pair of gas diffusion layers is disposed on and between each of the first surfaces between the two plates when the plates face each other so that the peripheral edge of the ion exchange membrane is located within the chamber. Also located in the chamber is a non-conductive sealant polymer that seals and joins the first and second plates to each other, and that seals and joins the first and second plates to the edge of the ion exchange membrane. Also disclosed is a fabrication method for making the unitized electrochemical cell sub-assembly. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294034 | Direct Methanol Fuel Cell - According to one embodiment, a direct methanol fuel cell includes an anode to which an aqueous methanol solution is supplied as the fuel, a cathode to which oxidizing gas is supplied, an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode, a first separator disposed on the surface of the anode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side and a second separator disposed on the surface of the cathode on the side opposite to the electrolyte membrane side, wherein the first and second separators are respectively made of a membrane containing a copolymer of a first vinyl monomer having a cyclic functional group bonded with a carbonyl group, a second vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group and a third vinyl monomer having an aromatic group, and a carbon powder dispersed in the copolymer. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294035 | METHOD FOR PREPARING AN ENHANCED PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND ENHANCED PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE - A novel approach based on the increase of the intrinsic oxidative stability of uncrosslinked membranes is addressed. The co-grafting of styrene with methacrylonitrile (MAN), which possesses a protected α-position and strong dipolar pendant nitrile group, onto 25 μm ETFE base film is disclosed. Styrene/MAN co-grafted membranes were compared to styrene based membrane in durability tests in single H | 2011-12-01 |
20110294036 | POROUS ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - Provided is a porous electrode substrate having high mechanical strength, good handling properties, high thickness precision, little undulation, and adequate gas permeability and conductivity. Also provided is a method for producing a porous electrode substrate at low costs. A porous electrode substrate is produced by joining short carbon fibers (A) via mesh-like of carbon fibers (B) having an average diameter of 4 μm or smaller. Further provided are a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell that use this porous electrode membrane. A porous electrode substrate is obtained by subjecting a precursor sheet, in which short carbon fibers (A) and short carbon fiber precursors (b) having an average diameter of 5 μm or smaller have been dispersed, to carbonization treatment after optional hot press forming and optional oxidization treatment. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294037 | ELECTRODE CONTAINING NANOSTRUCTURED THIN CATALYTIC LAYERS AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of making an electrode is provided. The method includes providing an electrocatalyst decal comprising a carrying substrate having a nanostructured thin catalytic layer thereon; providing a transfer substrate with an adjacent adhesive layer; adhering the nanostructured thin catalytic layer adjacent to the adhesive layer to form a composite structure; removing the carrying substrate from the composite structure; and removing the transfer substrate from the composite structure to form the stand-alone nanostructured thin catalytic film comprising the adhesive layer with the nanostructured thin catalytic layer adhered thereto. A stand alone nanostructured thin catalytic film and methods of constructing electrodes with the stand alone nanostructured thin catalytic films are also described. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294038 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING ELECTRODE CONTAINING THE ELECTRODE CATALYST - Electrode catalysts for fuel cells including a non-platinum (Pt) metal catalyst material including at least two metals, a metal oxide cocatalyst material, and at least one carbon support, methods of preparing the same, and fuel cells including the electrolyte catalysts. | 2011-12-01 |
20110294039 | SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE, SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE - A solid oxide electrolyte including an oxide represented by Formula 1: | 2011-12-01 |
20110294040 | PROTON-CONDUCTING HYBRID GLASS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Proton-conducting hybrid glass and a method for manufacturing the same. The proton-conducting hybrid glass has CsPWA created inside the pores of borosilicate glass. The proton-conducting hybrid glass can be used as an electrolyte for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and sensors. When the proton-conducting hybrid glass is used as an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, excellent thermal and chemical stability is realized in the range from a high temperature to an intermediate temperature of 120° C. A high proton conductivity of 10 | 2011-12-01 |
20110294041 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL WITH SPECIAL CELL GEOMETRY - A solid oxide fuel cell, wherein one of the electrodes of the fuel cell or an electrically conductive carrier, on which this electrode is applied, is designed as stabilizing substrate ( | 2011-12-01 |