Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110086292 | JOINING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL STACK PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled. | 04-14-2011 |
20120140880 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PIN HOLE OF FUEL CELL STACK PARTS - The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting a pin hole in a part of a fuel cell stack part to accurately detect the presence of pin holes of stack parts thereby ensuring quality of a fuel cell stack. That is, the present invention provides a system for detecting a pin hole in parts of a fuel cell stack that allows for quality assurance of the fuel cell stack and prevents defective parts from being used, by examining each fuel stack part, which largely influence the quality of the fuel cell stack, using an X-ray device and a vision system, in order to determine the presence of a pin hole in the parts, and a method thereof. | 06-07-2012 |
20130266891 | JOINING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL STACK PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled. | 10-10-2013 |
20140038068 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a method for recovering performance of a fuel cell, which can recover the catalytic properties of a cathode in a reusable state by supplying hydrogen to the cathode of a degraded fuel cell stack for a predetermined period of time and storing the fuel cell stack for a predetermined period of time such that an oxide formed on the surface of platinum (Pt) is removed and, at the same time, the platinum is re-precipitated. | 02-06-2014 |
20140119499 | PINHOLE DETECTION SYSTEM OF FUEL CELL - A pinhole detection system of a fuel cell element unit including a density measurement module that calculates a density of a fuel cell element unit using weight and volume data measured from electronic weight balance and 3D scan type volume integrator. Photon energy ranges of X-ray beam and window species of the pinhole detection system automatically are selected from Group 1 or Group 2 according to the density reference point for a fuel cell element, and a stage on which a fuel cell element unit is disposed to be detected. A drive portion that moves the stage to rotate the fuel cell element unit. An X-ray source is disposed at one side of the stage to apply X-ray to the fuel cell element unit that rotates. An image detector detects an X-ray penetrating the fuel cell element unit, and a computer tomography that reconstructs a three dimensional tomogram. | 05-01-2014 |
20140170510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL - A method for recovering performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack through electrode reversal. In detail, oxide films formed on the surface of platinum of a cathode is removed through an electrode reversal process that creates a potential difference between an anode and the cathode by supplying air to the anode instead of hydrogen and supplying a fuel to the cathode instead of air, thus rapidly recovering the performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack. | 06-19-2014 |
20150104721 | PERFORMANCE RECOVERY METHOD FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A method for recovering the performance of a fuel cell stack mounted within a vehicle is provided. A method includes a recovery process of continuously applying a predetermined load using a load device when an air supply is stopped and hydrogen is supplied to a fuel cell stack to output current from the fuel cell stack. Further, protons and electrons generated by hydrogen oxidation reaction at an anode are moved to a cathode, to produce hydrogen at the cathode and simultaneously remove oxide on the catalyst surface of the cathode. | 04-16-2015 |
20150357660 | PINHOLE DETECTION SYSTEM OF FUEL CELL - The present invention features a pinhole detection system of a fuel cell that preferably includes a stage on which a fuel cell element unit is disposed to be detected, a drive portion that is configured to move the stage so as to rotate the fuel cell element unit, a X-ray source that is disposed at one side of the stage to apply X-ray to the fuel cell element unit that rotates, an image detector that detects X-ray penetrating the fuel cell element unit, and a computer tomography that reconstructs tormogram that is detected by the image detector to a three dimension. Preferably, the fuel cell element unit is rotated on the stage, X-ray is applied to the rotating unit to gain the tomogram thereof, and the tomogram is reconstructed to be a three-dimensional image through a computerized tomography (CT scanning) such that the pinhole formed within the unit can be effectively detected. | 12-10-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130014262 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING A BEHAVIOR-BASED MALICIOUS CODE DETECTION FUNCTION AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal comprises: a system unit which performs application installation and removal, outputs an installation completion message upon completion of the application installation, and provides, upon receipt of request for authority information on the application, the requested authority information; a behavior information database in which behavior information data is stored; and an inspection unit which makes a request for the authority information to the system unit and receives the authority information, upon receipt of the installation completion message from the system unit, and which compares the authority information and the behavior information data stored in the behavior information database to examine whether the application is a malicious code or not. | 01-10-2013 |
20130022883 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING FUEL CELL STACK - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for activating a fuel cell stack, which significantly reduces the time required for activation and the amount of hydrogen used for the activation by employing a vacuum wetting process in a shutdown operation. In particular, a high humidity open circuit voltage operation humidifies the fuel cell stack and operates the fuel cell stack at an open circuit voltage, and a vacuum wetting operation wets the surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane by creating a vacuum atmosphere in the fuel cell stack. The high humidity open circuit voltage operation and the vacuum wetting operation are performed alternately and repeatedly. | 01-24-2013 |
20140045086 | PRE-ACTIVATION METHOD FOR FUEL CELL STACK - Disclosed is a pre-activation method for a fuel cell stack, which can reduce the amount of hydrogen used and the processing time required during the regular activation process for the fuel cell stack. The disclosure provides, in part, a pre-activation method including: injecting water droplet-containing, humidified hydrogen into a cathode inlet manifold of a fuel cell stack assembled in an assembly process such that the water droplet-containing hydrogen is supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell stack; and sealing and storing the resulting fuel cell stack for a period of time to pre-activate the fuel cell stack. | 02-13-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100266553 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND CULTURING ADULT STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM HUMAN AMNIOTIC EPITHELIUM - The present invention relates to a method for isolating and culturing adult stem cells derived from human amniotic membrane in high yield, and more particularly to a method for obtaining a large amount of adult stem cells, the method comprising obtaining amniotic epithelial cells from human amniotic tissue in high yield by treatment with dithiothreitol (DTT) and a low concentration of trypsin and culturing the amniotic epithelial cells in a medium containing a Rho-associated kinase inhibitor. The human amniotic epithelial cell-derived stem cells are easily extracted compared to existing therapeutic stem cells such as umbilical cord blood stem cells and bone marrow stem cells, the yield and proliferation thereof are significantly increased by DTT treatment, the addition of the ROCK inhibitor or the replacement of medium. Thus, the method can be used to efficiently prepare adult stem cells. | 10-21-2010 |
20100287635 | Cloned Canines and Method for Producing Thereof - Disclosed herein are a cloned canine and a production method thereof. The method comprises the steps of enucleating the oocyte of a canine to prepare an enucleated recipient oocyte, conducting nuclear transfer into the enucleated oocyte using a canine somatic cell as a nuclear donor cell under optimized conditions so as to prepare a nuclear transfer embryo, and transferring the nuclear transfer embryo into the oviduct of a surrogate mother. The present invention provides a method for producing cloned canines and thus, can contribute to the development of studies in veterinary medicine, anthropology and medical science such as the propagation of superior canines, the conservation of rare or nearly extinct canines, xenotransplantation and disease animal models. | 11-11-2010 |
20110065192 | Embryonic stem cell line and method for preparing the same - An embryonic stem cell line derived from a nucleus-transferred oocyte prepared by transferring a nucleus of a human somatic cell into an enucleated human oocyte may differentiate into various desired cell types. | 03-17-2011 |
20110250226 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING EXTRACTS OF FUSCOPORIA OBLIQUA, GANODERMA LUCIDUM AND PHELLINUS LINTEUS FOR PROMOTING THE PROLIFERATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS - A composition for promoting the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells, which contains mushroom extracts, and more particularly to a composition and functional food for promoting the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells, which contain, as active ingredients, an | 10-13-2011 |
20120083032 | EMBRYONIC STEM CELL LINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - An embryonic stem cell line derived from a nucleus-transferred oocyte prepared by transferring a nucleus of a human somatic cell into an enucleated human oocyte may differentiate into various desired cell types. | 04-05-2012 |
20120263685 | ANTI-TUMOR COMPOSITION COMPRISING HUMAN-DERIVED ADULT STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which contains one or more selected from the group consisting of human adult stem cells and their secretory products, and to a method of preventing or treating cancer using the same. Particularly, the invention relates to the use of adult stem cells that exhibit the effect of preventing or treating cancer by activating the immune system. The human adult stem cells of the invention are administered by a simple method such as intravenous injection and are highly valuable as a cell therapeutic agent for treating various cancer (tumor) diseases. Thus, the adult stem cells will be highly useful in anticancer studies. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269781 | METHOD FOR PROLIFERATING HAIR FOLLICLE STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to a method of proliferating follicular stem cells in high yield, and more particularly, to a method of proliferating follicular stem cells in large amounts by culturing the cells using a specific medium containing a specific concentration of a Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor and to a medium which is used in the method. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276044 | METHOD FOR INDUCING MIGRATION OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED ADULT STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to the ability of adipose tissue-derived adult stem cells to migrate, and more particularly to the novel use of adipose tissue-derived adult stem cells primed with a specific chemokine or growth factor and their specific secretory products, which more effectively migrate to a disease site in vivo. The inventive composition containing either adipose-derived adult stem cells or adipose tissue-derived adult stem cells primed with a specific chemokine or growth factor can be administered by a simple method such as intravenous administration and are able to induce the targeting of the stem cells to a disease site. Thus, the composition is useful as a cell therapeutic agent. | 11-01-2012 |
20130164849 | CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR CULTURING AMNION-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL, AND METHOD FOR CULTURING AMNION-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL BY USING SAME - The present invention relates to a medium for culturing mesenchymal stem cells, and more particularly to a medium composition for culturing mesenchymal stem cells, which contains basal medium, L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate, fetal bovine serum, basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF), non-essential amino acids (NEAAs), insulin, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, calcium chloride, and hydrocortisone, and a method of culturing mesenchymal stem cells using the same. According to the present invention, a number of mesenchymal stem cells required for stem cell therapy can be obtained in a short time, and the ability of mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate is improved so that they are useful for stem cell therapy. | 06-27-2013 |
20140154800 | EMBRYONIC STEM CELL LINE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - An embryonic stem cell line derived from a nucleus-transferred oocyte prepared by transferring a nucleus of a human somatic cell into an enucleated human oocyte may differentiate into various desired cell types. | 06-05-2014 |
20140322811 | MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR REJUVENATING STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to a medium composition for transforming stem cells from an aged person into young stem cells, and more particularly to a medium composition for culturing stem cells, which is used to rejuvenate stem cells from an aged person so as to have characteristics similar to those of the stem cells of young people, and to a method for rejuvenating stem cells, which comprises culturing stem cells from an aged person in the medium composition. According to the present invention, even mesenchymal stem cells collected from over 60 years old patients can be transformed into young mesenchymal stem cells having high differentiation ability, high telomerase activity, and high ability to express stem cell markers. Thus, the present invention can significantly increase the efficacy of cell therapy employing mesenchymal stem cells. | 10-30-2014 |
20150072421 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEM CELL HAVING APPROPRIATE SIZE FOR INTRAVASCULAR ADMINISTRATION - The present invention relates to a method for preparing stem cells having a size suitable for intravascular administration, and preferably to a method for preparing stem cells with a diameter ranging from 11-16 μm. Additionally, the present invention relates to media composition for preparing stem cells having a size suitable for intravascular administration. According to the present invention, stem cells having a size suitable for intravascular administration can be prepared such that stem cells administered into a vein can stably reach a target tissue, and thus can more efficiently increase efficacy displaying activity, thereby innovatively enhancing the efficacy of cell therapy using stem cells. | 03-12-2015 |
20150118194 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING STEM CELL DISRUPTION AND AGGREGATION - There is provided a method for preventing disruption and aggregation of stem cells. In addition, there is provided a stem cell composition for intravascular administration, in which stem cells are suspended in a solution containing aspirin. Further, there is provided a composition for preventing disruption or aggregation of stem cells, in which stem cells are suspended in a solution containing aspirin. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118748 | HIGH-CONCENTRATION STEM CELL PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for preparing stem cells in high concentration. The present invention makes it possible to grow stem cells in an amount sufficient to be clinically usable in a short time, and makes it possible to relatively efficiently enhance the ability of administered stem cells to efficaciously reach target tissue and exhibit an action in a stable fashion and can therefore dramatically increase the efficacy of cell therapy using stem cells. | 04-30-2015 |
20160081917 | STEM CELL COMPOSITION FOR VENOUS ADMINISTRATION - The present invention relates to a stem cell composition for intravenous administration, which contains stem cells at a concentration of 1×10 | 03-24-2016 |
20160090573 | CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING REGENERATIVE CAPACITY OF STEM CELLS, AND STEM CELL CULTURING METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to a medium composition for enhancing the self-renewal ability of stem cells, which contains apelin, and a method of culturing stem cells using the medium composition. According to the present invention, stem cells can be effectively cultured to proliferate without changing the characteristics of the cells, and the telomerase activity of stem cells can be increased. Thus, the efficacy of cell therapy based on stem cells can be significantly improved. | 03-31-2016 |