09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110052973 | Cylinder type lithium ion secondary battery - Provided is a cylinder type lithium ion secondary battery capable of preventing an internal electrical short due to compression of a center pin in compression and collision. The cylinder type lithium ion secondary battery includes a cylindrical can, an electrode assembly housed in the cylindrical can, a center pin inserted into the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly sealing the cylindrical can. The center pin has a hollow inner space and a wall surrounding the inner space. Outer diameters of an upper portion and lower portion of the center pin are larger than an outer diameter of a central portion of the center pin. Therefore, an internal electrical short due to compression of the center pin can be prevented in compression and collision. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052974 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly and a can housing the electrode assembly, wherein the can has at least one recessed portion in a side surface thereof. Here, a value obtained by subtracting a diameter of the electrode assembly from a gap length between facing inner surfaces of the can ranges from about −0.12 mm to about 0.10 mm. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052975 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode that are wound together; a case housing the electrode assembly; a terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and an insulating member installed between the electrode assembly and the case wherein the insulating member has a base and four insulating plates extending from the base. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052976 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052977 | BATTERY - In one embodiment, a battery includes an exterior can, an electrode group, a lid attached to an opening of the exterior can, and anode and cathode terminal portions arranged in the lid. At least one of the terminal portions includes an insulating gasket having a cylindrical portion, an external insulator having a pedestal portion, an external terminal including a head portion and the axial portion extended from the head portion, an electrode lead located in the exterior can and connected to the external terminal, and an internal insulator to isolate the lid and the electrode lead. The cylindrical portion of the external terminal is fixed to a through hole of the lid and an attachment hole of the electrode lead by a caulking. The insulating gasket is formed of a resin in which the melting point is higher than those of the internal insulator and the external insulator. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052978 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the can, an electrolyte injection unit including an injection hole penetrating the cap plate and an injection ring protruding from the injection hole, and a stopper to seal the electrolyte injection unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052979 | METHOD OF DIRECT ENCAPSULATION OF A THIN-FILM LITHIUM-ION TYPE BATTERY ON THE SUBSTRATE - A method for encapsulating a thin-film lithium-ion type battery, including the steps of: forming, on a substrate, an active stack having as a lower layer a cathode collector layer extending over a surface area larger than the surface area of the other layers; forming, over the structure, a passivation layer including through openings at locations intended to receive anode collector and cathode collector contacts; forming first and second separate portions of an under-bump metallization, the first portions being located on the walls and the bottom of the openings, the second portions covering the passivation layer; and forming an encapsulation layer over the entire structure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052980 | NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In the nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention, a positive electrode mixture layer included in a positive electrode contains a lithium-containing complex oxide defined by the general formula Li | 2011-03-03 |
20110052981 | LAYER-LAYER LITHIUM RICH COMPLEX METAL OXIDES WITH HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY AND EXCELLENT CYCLING - Lithium rich and manganese rich lithium metal oxides are described that provide for excellent performance in lithium-based batteries. The specific compositions can be engineered within a specified range of compositions to provide desired performance characteristics. Selected compositions can provide high values of specific capacity with a reasonably high average voltage. Compositions of particular interest can be represented by the formula, xLi | 2011-03-03 |
20110052982 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode containing a carbon material capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions as a negative electrode active material; a positive electrode containing a composite oxide of lithium and a transition metal as a positive electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution; wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains 0.001% by weight or more and 5% by weight or less of a diamine compound having two tertiary amino groups capable of interacting with a proton. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052983 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY AND ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY - An alkaline storage battery having a positive electrode (1), a negative electrode (2), and an alkaline electrolyte solution, and the negative electrode having fluorinated oil being present on the surface thereof. The negative electrode includes a hydrogen-absorbing alloy represented by the general formula Ln | 2011-03-03 |
20110052984 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, includes: a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, a polyvinylidene fluoride component including polyvinylidene fluoride and/or a derivative having polyvinylidene fluoride as a main chain, a styrene-butadiene component including a styrene-butadiene polymer and/or a derivative having a styrene-butadiene polymer as a main chain, a nonionic surfactant having an HLB of 10 to 15, and N-methylpyrrolidone; and a foil-shaped negative electrode current collector provided with the negative electrode active material layer on at least one principal surface of the collector. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052985 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is an electrode structure having a high power density and being superior in repetitive charge/discharge efficiency and an electric energy storage device using the electrode structure. The electrode structure includes an electrode material layer including an electrode material including active material particles containing at least one of silicon, tin and alloys containing at least one of them, and a binder binding the active material particles, the binder has the following characteristics: tensile modulus: 2000 MPa or more, breaking strength: 100 MPa or more, break elongation: 20% to 120% and the ratio of breaking strength/break elongation >1.4 (MPa/%), and an average particle size of the particles is 0.5 μm or less, the electrode structure has a maximum thermal history temperature less than 350° C. and lower than the glass transition temperature of the binder. The electric energy storage device uses, as its negative electrode, the electrode structure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052986 | Sodium Ion Batteries - Sodium ion batteries are based on sodium based active materials selected among compounds of the general formula A | 2011-03-03 |
20110052987 | BATTERY SEPARATOR AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode having a positive active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion, a negative electrode having a negative active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The heat generation starting temperature of the positive electrode is 180° C. or higher. The separator includes heat-resistant fine particles and a thermoplastic resin. The proportion of particles with a particle size of 0.2 μm or less in the heat-resistant fine particles is 10 vol % or less and the proportion of particles with a particle size of 2 μm or more in the heat-resistant fine particles is 10 vol % or less. The separator effects a shutdown in the range of 100° C. to 150° C. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052988 | MIXED METAL OLIVINE ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES HAVING IMPROVED SPECIFIC CAPACITY AND ENERGY DENSITY - Improved positive electrode material and methods for making the same are described. Lithium-iron-manganese phosphate materials, doped with one or more dopant Co, Ni, V, and Nb, and methods for making the same are described. The improved positive electrode material of the present invention is capable of exhibiting improved energy density and/or specific capacity for use in wide range of applications. In certain embodiments, energy density of greater than 340 mWh/g is possible. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052989 | LITHIUM DOPED CATHODE MATERIAL - Lithium dopant is introduced into lithium rich high capacity positive electrode active materials as a substitution for manganese within the complex metal oxides. In some embodiments, the lithium doped compositions can be written in a two component notation as x.Li | 2011-03-03 |
20110052990 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material is a lithium transition metal oxide that contains niobium and is represented by xLi[Li | 2011-03-03 |
20110052991 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed are a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries, a method for preparing the same, and lithium secondary batteries comprising the same. The cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries comprises a lithium metal oxide secondary particle core formed by aggregation of a plurality of lithium metal oxide primary particles; a first shell formed by coating the surface of the secondary particle core with a plurality of barium titanate particles and a plurality of metal oxide particles; and a second shell formed by coating the surface of the first shell with a plurality of olivine-type lithium iron phosphate oxide particles and a plurality of conductive material particles. The cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries allows manufacture of lithium secondary batteries having excellent thermal stability, high-temperature durability and overcharge safety. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052992 | ACTIVE MATERIAL, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATERIAL - An active material which can improve the discharge capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. The active material of the present invention contains a rod-shaped particle group having a β-type crystal structure of LiVOPO | 2011-03-03 |
20110052993 | ACTIVE MATERIAL - According to one embodiment, a negative electrode active material includes monoclinic system titanium dioxide having an average pore diameter falling within a range of 8 nm to 25 nm. A volume of pores having a diameter of 10 nm or less falls within a range of 10% to 30% of a total pore volume. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052994 | ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative electrode active material according to one embodiment includes a titanium oxide compound having a crystal structure of monoclinic system titanium dioxide. The titanium oxide compound is modified by at least one kind of ion selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal cation, an alkali earth metal cation, a transition metal cation, a sulfide ion, a sulfuric acid ion and a chloride ion. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052995 | ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE CONTAINING THE SAME, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY PROVIDED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF THE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing an active material comprising:
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20110052996 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium-ion secondary battery comprises a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode active material contains elemental silicon or a silicon-containing alloy. The electrolytic solution has a lithium salt and a solvent. The solvent contains a cyclic carbonate, a chain carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate represented by the formula (1), and 1,3-propane sultone. In the electrolytic solution, fluoroethylene carbonate has a mass concentration Cf of 0.1 to 3 mass %, 1,3-propane sultone has a mass concentration Cp of 0.1 to 3 mass %, and Cf>Cp. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052997 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A negative electrode for a lithium battery includes an active material layer and a current collector. The active material layer has a plurality of crystal grains and the plurality of crystal grains include a plurality of pores. A first pore of the plurality of pores has a first length and a second length, the first length being the maximum length orthogonal to the current collector and the second length being the maximum length orthogonal to the first length, and the first length is greater than the second length. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052998 | SULFUR-CARBON NANOCOMPOSITES AND THEIR APPLICATION AS CATHODE MATERIALS IN LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES - The invention is directed in a first aspect to a sulfur-carbon composite material comprising: (i) a bimodal porous carbon component containing therein a first mode of pores which are mesopores, and a second mode of pores which are micropores; and (ii) elemental sulfur contained in at least a portion of said micropores. The invention is also directed to the aforesaid sulfur-carbon composite as a layer on a current collector material; a lithium ion battery containing the sulfur-carbon composite in a cathode therein; as well as a method for preparing the sulfur-composite material. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052999 | ELECTROLYTE HAVING EUTECTIC MIXTURE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME - An electrolyte includes an eutectic mixture composed of (a) a hetero cyclic compound having a predetermined chemistry figure, and (b) an ionizable lithium salt. An electrochemical device having the electrolyte. The eutectic mixture included in the electrolyte exhibits inherent characteristics of an eutectic mixture such as excellent thermal stability and excellent chemical stability, thereby improving the problems such as evaporation, ignition and side reaction of an electrolyte caused by the usage of existing organic solvents. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053000 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a ceramic material allowing a pellet having higher density and satisfactory Li ion conduction to be obtained. The ceramic material contains Li, La, Zr, Al and O and has a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure, the ratio of the number of moles of Li with respect to La being 2.0 or greater to 2.5 or lower. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053001 | IONICALLY-CONDUCTIVE AMORPHOUS LITHIUM LANTHANUM ZIRCONIUM OXIDE - Amorphous lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) is formed as an ionically-conductive electrolyte medium. The LLZO comprises by percentage of total number of atoms from about 0.1% to about 50% lithium, from about 0.1% to about 25% lanthanum, from about 0.1% to about 25% zirconium, from about 30% to about 70% oxygen and from 0.0% to about 25% carbon. At least one layer of amorphous LLZO may be formed through a sol-gel process wherein quantities of lanthanum methoxyethoxide, lithium butoxide and zirconium butoxide are dissolved in an alcohol-based solvent to form a mixture which is dispensed into a substantially planar configuration, transitioned through a gel phase, dried and cured to a substantially dry phase. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053002 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a ceramic material capable of demonstrating compactness and Li ion conductivity to an extent that enables the use of the ceramic material as a solid-state electrolyte material for a lithium secondary battery, or the like. A ceramic material containing Li, La, Zr, Nb and/or Ta, as well as O and having a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure is used. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053003 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent including a sulfone compound, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer includes lithium-containing composite oxide particles and a fluorocarbon resin, and a coverage of the fluorocarbon resin relative to the surface area of the lithium-containing composite oxide particles is 20 to 65%. It is an object of the invention to provide a lithium ion secondary battery that is kept from deteriorating in rate characteristics over time, in particular, from significantly deteriorating in rate characteristics during storage at high temperatures. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053004 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE - According to one embodiment, a positive electrode includes a positive electrode layer and a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode active material including a first oxide represented by the following formula (α) and/or a second oxide represented by the following formula (β). The positive electrode layer has an intensity ratio falling within a range of 0.25 to 0.7. The ratio is represented by the following formula (1) in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by using CuKα radiation for a surface of the positive electrode layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053005 | Biological Fuel Cell and Methods - A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to electroreduce a cathode oxidant in the presence of the cathode enzyme. In addition, anode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the anode to transduce a current between the anode and the anode enzyme and cathode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the cathode to transduce a current between the cathode and the cathode enzyme. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053006 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING AUXILIARY FUEL STREAMS DURING INTERMITTENT BYPRODUCT DISCHARGE FROM PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION ASSEMBLIES - Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies and/or fuel cell systems including the same. The PSA assemblies include, or are utilized with, combustion fuel stream supply systems that are adapted to regulate the flow of a byproduct stream from the PSA assembly for delivery to a heating assembly for use as a combustible fuel stream, such as to maintain at least a hydrogen-producing region of the fuel processing system at a hydrogen-producing temperature or range of temperatures. In some embodiments, the combustion fuel stream supply system is configured to ensure that the supply of combustible fuel from the PSA assembly to the heating assembly contains at least a sufficient fuel value, such as to maintain at least the hydrogen-producing region at or within a predetermined hydrogen-producing temperature or range of temperatures. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053007 | PERFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE BASED WATER VAPOR TRANSFER MEMBRANES - A membrane humidifier assembly includes a first flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a first gas thereto and a second flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a second gas thereto. A polymeric membrane is disposed between the first and second flow fields and adapted to permit transfer of water from the first flow field plate to the second flow field plate. The polymeric membrane includes a polymer having perfluorocyclobutyl groups. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053008 | WATER VAPOR TRANSFER MEMBRANE AND PAPER INTEGRATED ASSEMBLY - A membrane humidifier assembly includes a first flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a first gas thereto and a second flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a second gas thereto. A polymeric membrane is disposed between the first and second flow fields. The polymeric membrane is adapted to permit transfer of water between the first flow field plate and the second flow field plate. The polymeric membrane includes a polymeric substrate and a polymer layer disposed on the polymeric substrate. The polymer layer characteristically includes a first polymer having fluorinated cyclobutyl groups disposed on the polymeric substrate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053009 | CUSTOMIZED WATER VAPOR TRANSFER MEMBRANE LAYERED STRUCTURE - A membrane humidifier assembly includes a first flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a first gas thereto and a second flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a second gas thereto. A polymeric membrane is disposed between the first and second flow fields. The polymeric membrane is adapted to permit transfer of water between the first flow field plate and the second flow field plate. The polymeric membrane includes a polymeric substrate and a polymer layer disposed on the polymeric substrate. The polymer layer characteristically includes a first polymer having fluorinated cyclobutyl groups disposed on the polymeric substrate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053010 | PERFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE BASED WATER VAPOR TRANSFER MEMBRANES WITH SIDE CHAIN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MOIETIES - A membrane humidifier assembly includes a first flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a first gas thereto and a second flow field plate adapted to facilitate flow of a second gas thereto. A polymeric membrane is disposed between the first and second flow fields and adapted to permit transfer of water from the first flow field plate to the second flow field plate. The polymeric membrane includes a polymer having perfluorocyclobutyl groups and a pendant side chain having a protogenic group. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053011 | PEM FUEL CELL STACK INLET WATER REGULATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell stack assembly is disclosed that includes a porous member disposed within a flow path for a reactant. A fluid collection member is provided within the flow path adjacent to and in fluid communication with the porous member. The porous member and the fluid collection member cooperate to collect liquid water from the reactant flowing in the flow path, wherein the collected liquid water may be drained from the fluid collection member. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053012 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED HUMIDIFICATION PERFORMANCE - The present invention provides a fuel cell system, which reduces the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack to a humidifier to increase the humidity thereof when the fuel cell stack operates at high temperature and high power, and thus improves the humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier and improves the performance of the fuel cell stack. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053013 | Method for Operating a Fuel Cell System with a Recirculation Blower Arranged in a Fuel Circuit Thereof - In a method for operating a fuel cell system having recirculation blower arranged in a fuel cell circuit, fuel discharged from the anode exhaust is fed back to the inlet side of the fuel cell system via the recirculation blower. The direction of flow in the fuel return line is reversed in at least a portion of the return line, in an alternating manner. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053014 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING MOISTURE CONTENT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - A fuel cell system ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110053015 | Control Method for a Fuel Cell System and Fuel Cell System - In a method for controlling a fuel cell system that is designed to react a fuel with an oxidant, the fuel cell system can be switched between an idle condition and an active operating condition. In the idle condition, energy is supplied to an energy consumer, at least in part, from an energy storage device, and the fuel is moved actively within the fuel cell system. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053016 | Method for Manufacturing and Distributing Hydrogen Storage Compositions - The method of generating and delivering on-demand power to the consumer in a low-carbon-emitting manner comprises the steps of: generating energy from a low-carbon-emitting source, using the generated energy to generate a hydrogen storage composition, transporting the hydrogen storage composition and a reagent to the consumer, facilitating the use of the hydrogen storage composition to generate electricity, and facilitating the return of the by-products to a regeneration facility. This method is preferably used to distribute an on-demand power source to the consumer. One potential advantage of this distribution method includes low carbon emissions. By leveraging low-emission energy sources, utilizing low-emission distribution channels, and placing the energy source (H | 2011-03-03 |
20110053017 | Fuel Cell Apparatus - A fuel cell apparatus comprises a cell stack, a reforming portion (reforming catalyst), a vaporizing portion, a reforming target gas supply, an oxygen-containing gas supply, a water supply, and a controller. The cell stack comprises a plurality of fuel cells electrically connected in series in a housing case. The reforming portion is disposed over the cell stack and is to be exposed to a gas produced by burning a fuel gas from the fuel cells. The reforming catalyst can perform partial oxidation reforming, autothermal reforming and steam reforming as a reforming reaction. The vaporizing portion generates steam to be supplied to the reforming portion. The reforming target gas supply supplies a reforming target gas to the reforming portion. The oxygen gas supply supplies an oxygen gas to the reforming portion. The water supply supplies water to the vaporizing portion. The controller controls the reforming reaction in the reforming portion. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053018 | HIGH POWER DENSITY FUEL CELL - A fuel cell according to one embodiment includes a porous electrolyte support structure defining an array of microchannels, the microchannels including fuel and oxidant microchannels; fuel electrodes formed along some of the microchannels; and oxidant electrodes formed along other of the microchannels. A method of making a fuel cell according to one embodiment includes forming an array of walls defining microchannels therebetween using at least one of molding, stamping, extrusion, injection and electrodeposition; processing the walls to make the walls porous, thereby creating a porous electrolyte support structure; forming anode electrodes along some of the microchannels; and forming cathode electrodes along other of the microchannels. Additional embodiments are also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053019 | Fuel Cell Module and Fuel Cell Apparatus - A fuel cell module and a fuel cell apparatus capable of efficient start-up are provided. A fuel cell module includes a housing; a cell stack placed inside the housing, which includes a plurality of pillar-shaped solid oxide fuel cells formed with an internally-mounted gas flow passage that are arranged in an upright state and are electrically connected with each other; a manifold placed inside the housing, configured to secure lower ends of the solid oxide fuel cells and supply a fuel gas to the solid oxide fuel cells; a reformer placed inside the housing, which is disposed above the solid oxide fuel cells, configured to produce a fuel gas which is supplied to the solid oxide fuel cells; a vaporizer disposed on an exterior of the housing, configured to vaporize a raw fuel and supply it to the reformer; and a heat source configured to raise a temperature of the vaporizer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053020 | CATALYSTS AND RELATED METHODS - Nanostructured catalysts and related methods are described. The nanostructured catalysts have a hierarchical structure that facilitates modification of the catalysts for use in particular reactions. Methods for generating hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing molecular species using a nanostructured catalyst are described. The hydrogen gas may be collected and stored, or the hydrogen gas may be collected and consumed for the generation of energy. Thus, the methods may be used as part of the operation of an energy-consuming device or system, e.g., an engine or a fuel cell. Methods for storing hydrogen by using a nanostructured catalyst to react a dehydrogenated molecular species with hydrogen gas to form a hydrogen-containing molecular species are also described. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053021 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REFORMING FUEL - A method and an arrangement for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel such as dimethyl ether (DME), methanol, ethanol, propanol, or any variants or other oxidized fuels is disclosed for generating hydrogen especially for supplying a fuel cell. Furthermore, a fuel cell system is disclosed which includes such an arrangement, especially for providing power to a stationary or mobile power consuming unit like especially an auxiliary power unit (APU) for application in aircraft, ships and vehicles, or as a part of a hybrid drive or as a sole driving unit for, e.g., a ship or a vehicle. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053022 | DIRECT LIQUID FUEL CELL HAVING HYDRAZINE OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AS FUEL - A fueled cell system comprising: an anode compartment comprising a compound having the formula R1R2N—NR3R4, a salt, a hydrate or a solvate thereof, as fuel, and a catalyst layer which comprises copper or a copper alloy; | 2011-03-03 |
20110053023 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL AND A FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - A method for operating, especially for starting, a fuel cell such as a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is disclosed which method includes a starting operation with a first or initial start phase and an optional second or intermediate start phase which is initiated when the fuel cell has reached a predetermined medium temperature below a steady state operational temperature range, before a steady state operation is activated. During the first or initial start phase fuel is subjected to an exothermic reaction with oxygen in a burner unit and output gases from the burner unit are used to warm up and passively heat the fuel cell. Furthermore, a fuel cell arrangement comprising a fuel cell, especially a SOFC hybrid system, for conducting this method is disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053024 | Fuel cell using organic fuel - A fuel cell is provided which can control an optimum fuel concentration according to an output without a sensor for measuring the fuel concentration. The fuel cell uses a liquid organic compound for fuel and includes a membrane-electrode assembly, a passage for allowing fuel or oxidant to flow, a fuel supply unit for supplying the fuel to the fuel cell and intermittently or periodically changing a rate of fuel supply, and a computation processor for measuring a signal of a voltage or an output of the fuel cell, computing the rate of the fuel supply and the signal, and correcting the rate of the fuel supply. In the fuel cell, the optimum fuel concentration can be easily controlled according to the output by periodically varying the fuel concentration from a reference fuel concentration, measuring a voltage or an output and a variation range of the voltage or the output, and then determining whether the reference fuel concentration is appropriate or not. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053025 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A cooling system for a fuel cell vehicle, may include a stack radiator, an electric drivetrain radiator disposed in series at a side of the stack radiator, an aircon condenser disposed in front of the stack radiator to cover the stack radiator, not the electric drivetrain radiator, and cooling fans disposed behind the stack radiator and the electric drivetrain radiator which are disposed in series. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053026 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprising: an anode gas flow path supplied with an anode gas; a cathode gas flow path supplied with a cathode gas; a fuel cell generating electricity by the anode gas being supplied to the anode gas flow path and the cathode gas being supplied to the cathode gas flow path; an anode gas supplying unit supplying the anode gas to the anode gas flow path; a blowdown valve ejecting fluid from inside the anode gas flow path towards an exterior; and a control unit which controls the anode gas supplying unit and the blowdown valve, supplies the anode gas from the anode gas supplying unit to the anode gas flow path, and performs a periodic fluid substitution by opening the blowdown valve periodically, wherein the control unit comprises a low temperature condition determination unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053027 | Multi-Stream Heat Exchanger for a Fuel Cell System - A multi-stream heat exchanger includes at least one air preheater section, at least one cathode recuperator section, and at least one anode recuperator section, wherein each section is a plate type heat exchanger having two major surfaces and a plurality of edge surfaces, a plurality of risers through at least some of the plates, and a plurality of flow paths located between plates. The cathode recuperator section is located adjacent to a first edge surface of the anode recuperator, and the air preheater section is located adjacent to a second edge surface of the anode recuperator section. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053028 | Fuel cell system - The present invention provides a technology related to a fuel cell system capable of adjusting a discharge amount of an odorant discharged to an outside of a moving body according to a state of the moving body. The fuel cell system mounted to a moving body includes: a fuel cell which generates electric power by electrochemically reacting a hydrogen gas with an oxidation gas; and a adjusting portion which adjusts an amount of an odorant to be discharged to an outside of the moving body according to a state of the moving body, the odorant being included in an anode off-gas discharged from an anode side of the fuel cell. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053029 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL STACK - A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell that secures a flow path of a separator while preventing generation of a pin-hole. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a microporous layer that is disposed at both surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, a backing layer that is disposed on the microporous layer, and a circumferential edge protective layer that is disposed at an circumferential edge of the electrolyte membrane. An end portion of the microporous layer is positioned further inside of the membrane electrode assembly than an end portion of the backing layer. The circumferential edge protective layer is inserted between the backing layer and the electrolyte membrane. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053030 | Fuel Cell with Gas Diffusion Layer having Flow Channel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Provided are a fuel cell with a porous gas diffusion layer having a flow channel and a method for manufacturing the same. A metal separator without a flow channel is used, but a flow channel for providing a reaction gas is formed in a gas diffusion layer made of a porous material. This improves precision of stack manufacturing and allows free design of the cooling part. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053031 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a plurality of power generation cells each having a first separator. The separator has a fuel gas flow field. A fuel gas supply passage extends through one corner of the power generation cell in the stacking direction, a fuel gas flowing through the fuel gas supply passage into a fuel gas flow field. An inlet buffer is provided upstream of the fuel gas flow field. The fuel gas supply passage and the inlet buffer are connected by a plurality of inlet connection grooves. The inlet connection grooves are inclined from a direction perpendicular to a wall surface of the fuel gas supply passage toward the center of the fuel gas flow field. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053032 | MANIFOLD FOR SERIES CONNECTION ON FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a manifold of a fuel cell, including a conductive support having an upper support member and a lower support member between which two or more anode-supported tubular unit fuel cells each comprising an anode layer, an electrolyte layer and a cathode layer formed in sequential order are disposed and which include an inner connector and an outer connector formed to be tightly fitted into an inner surface and around an outer surface of the unit fuel cells so as to electrically conduct the unit fuel cells, such that the unit fuel cells are alternately connected with the inner connector and the outer connector at an upper end and a lower end thereof thus forming an electrical series circuit. The manifold which is essentially manufactured to supply fuel to a solid oxide fuel cell is used to simply collect current from the fuel cell even without an additional current collector being used, and is configured such that unit fuel cells disposed in the manifold are connected in series. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053033 | FUEL CELL STACK - A coolant supply manifold and a coolant discharge manifold are provided on a first end plate of a fuel cell stack. The coolant supply manifold includes a pair of supply manifold sections and a supply coupling section coupling upper portions of the pair of supply manifold sections together. The supply manifold sections are connected to a pair of coolant supply passages of a first end plate. The width of the coupling section is smaller than the width of the pair of supply manifold sections in a longitudinal direction along the long sides of the first end plate. A supply pipe extending to the outside of the first end plate is formed integrally with one of the supply manifold sections. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053034 | IONIC LIQUID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method according to the present invention is a method for producing an ionic liquid from a molten salt solution containing a molten salt constituted by combining the cation portion and the anion portion, the ionic liquid containing the molten salt as a main component, the method comprising: removing water from the molten salt solution, the step of removing the water including adding a compound in the molten salt solution, the compound being represented by General Formula (1): | 2011-03-03 |
20110053035 | Sodium Stannate Additive to Improve the Durability of PEMS for H2/Air Fuel Cells - An ion conducting membrane for fuel cell applications includes an ion conducting polymer and a tin-containing compound at least partially dispersed within the ion conducting polymer. The ion conducting membranes exhibit improved performance over membranes not incorporating such tin-containing compounds. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053036 | Polyelectrolyte Membranes Made Of Poly(Perfluorocyclobutanes) With Pendant Perfluorosulfonic Acid Groups and Blends With Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) - A polymer useful as an ion conductor in fuel cells includes a perfluorocyclobutyl moiety and pendant PFSA side groups. The polymer is made by a variation of the Ullmann reaction. Ion conducting membranes incorporating the polymer are provided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053037 | BIFUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE FOR USE IN MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES WITH INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR TRANSFER ZONES - A fuel cell includes a first flow field plate defining at least one flow field channel. A cathode catalyst layer is disposed over at least a portion of the first flow field plate. A polymeric ion conducting membrane is disposed over cathode catalyst layer. An anode catalyst layer is disposed over the polymeric ion conducting membrane. Finally, a second flow field plate defining at least one flow field channel is disposed over the anode catalyst layer. The polymeric ion conducting membrane extends beyond the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer such that the fuel cell has at least one peripheral region with the polymeric catalyst layer interposed between first flow field plate and the second flow field plate without the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053038 | CO(II)TETRAMETHOXYPHENYLPORPHYRIN ADDITIVE TO PFSA PEMS FOR IMPROVED FUEL CELL DURABILITY - An ion conducting membrane for fuel cell applications includes an ion conducting polymer and a porphyrin-containing compound at least partially dispersed within the ion conducting polymer. The ion conducting membranes exhibit improved performance over membranes not incorporating such porphyrin-containing compounds. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053039 | ELECTRODE CATALYST, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE ELECTRODE CATALYST - An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell having comparable electrochemical activity as a platinum electrode catalyst but is much cheaper than the platinum electrode catalyst has a structure in which palladium and at least one metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of nickel, gold, iron, and silver, and combinations thereof, are supported on a tungsten carbide and carbon mesoporous composite support. A membrane electrode assembly and a fuel cell including the electrode catalyst also has comparable electrochemical activity as a platinum electrode catalyst but is also much cheaper than the platinum electrode catalyst. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053040 | CATALYST, PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - Catalysts of the invention are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential and have excellent durability and high oxygen reducing ability. A catalyst includes a metal oxycarbonitride containing niobium and at least one metal M selected from the group consisting of tin, indium, platinum, tantalum, zirconium, copper, iron, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, hafnium, titanium, vanadium, cobalt, manganese, cerium, mercury, plutonium, gold, silver, iridium, palladium, yttrium, ruthenium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and nickel. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053041 | CU-BASED CERMET FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL - Copper-based cermets and methods of preparing them are provided. The Cu-based cermets have interpenetrating networks of copper alloy and stabilized zirconia that are in intimate contact and display high electronic connectivity through the copper alloy phase. In certain embodiments, methods of preparing the cermets involving sintering a mixture of ceramic and copper-based powders in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature above the melting point of the copper or copper alloy are provided. Also provided are electrochemical structures having the Cu-based cermet, e.g., as an anode structure or a barrier layer between an anode and a metal support. Applications of the cermet compositions and structures include use in high-operating-temperature electrochemical devices, including solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen generators, electrochemical flow reactors, etc. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053042 | Fluororesin-Coated Polymer Film For Reinforcing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Reinforced Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, and Membrane Electrode Assembly - Disclosed is a fluororesin-coated polymer film for reinforcing a polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the fluororesin-coated polymer film is fabricated by forming on at least one side of a polymer film a coating of a reaction product of (A) a fluorine-containing copolymer composed of a fluoroolefin, a cyclohexyl group-containing acrylic ester, and a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether, and (B) a crosslinking agent having two or more isocyanate groups. The polymer film according to the present invention not only exhibits sufficiently high initial adhesion strength, with respect to the polymer electrolyte membrane, but also retains thereafter high adhesion strength in actual operating environments. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053043 | NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMER MEMBRANES FOR PROTON CONDUCTION - Polymers having an improved ability to entrain water are characterized, in some embodiments, by unusual humidity-induced phase transitions. The described polymers (e.g., hydrophilically functionalized block copolymers) have a disordered state and one or more ordered states (e.g., a lamellar state, a gyroid state, etc.). In one aspect, the polymers are capable of under-going a disorder-to-order transition while the polymer is exposed to an increasing temperature at a constant relative humidity. In some aspects the polymer includes a plurality of portions, wherein a first portion forms proton-conductive channels within the membrane and wherein the channels have a width of less than about 6 nm. The described polymers are capable of entraining and preserving water at high temperature and low humidity. Surprisingly, in some embodiments, the polymers are capable of entraining greater amounts of water with the increase of temperature. The polymers can be used in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes in fuel cells. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053044 | PROTON-CONDUCTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A proton-conducting structure that exhibits favorable proton conductivity in the temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. After a pyrophosphate salt containing Sn, Zr, Ti or Si is mixed with phosphoric acid, the mixture is maintained at a temperature of not less than 80° C. and not more than 150° C., and thereafter maintained at a temperature of not less than 200° C. and not more than 400° C. to manufacture a proton-conducting structure. The proton-conducting structure of the present invention has a core made of tin pyrophosphate, and a coating layer formed on the surface of the core, the coating layer containing Sn and O, and having a coordination number of O with respect to Sn of grater than 6. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053045 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell, including a polygonal tubular support an outer surface of which has a plurality of planes, a plurality of unit cells respectively formed on the plurality of planes of the tubular support, inner connectors for connecting the plurality of unit cells in series, and a pair of outer connectors for connecting the plurality of unit cells connected in series to a current collector, so that respective unit cells are connected in series on the planes of the tubular support, thus exhibiting excellent cell performance and high power density per unit volume, and maintaining high voltage upon collection of current to thereby reduce power loss due to electrical resistance. A method of manufacturing the solid oxide fuel cell is also provided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053046 | STRUCTURE OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a structure of a solid oxide fuel cell, including a porous tubular anode support having a plurality of through holes, and an electrolyte layer and a cathode layer sequentially formed on the inner surface of the tubular anode support, so that fuel flows via the plurality of through holes and air flows through the inside of the cathode layer, thus increasing a diffusion rate of fuel and air to thereby increase the reaction rate, resulting in excellent cell performance. This structure eliminates the flow of fuel and air around the outside of the fuel cell, thus preventing the formation of an oxidizing atmosphere at the inside and outside of the tubular cell, thereby increasing lifespan of the cell and ensuring cell reliability. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053047 | MINIATURE FUEL CELL CORE - A fuel cell with an assembly having a solidified membrane with two collectors incorporated, face to face, in the membrane, and two rigid covers between which the assembly is inserted. The rigid covers are provided with connecting end pieces and provide spaces on either side of the assembly. The assembly is produced by providing two identical subassemblies each including a substrate and a current collector removably arranged thereon, depositing an ionic liquid or pasty polymerizable membrane on at least one of the subassemblies in such a way that the collector thereof is completely covered, applying the subassemblies one against the other, and detaching the two substrates from the collectors after the polymerizable membrane has solidified, so as to obtain the assembly. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053048 | Fuel Cell Constituting Component - A fuel cell component integrates an attachment member | 2011-03-03 |
20110053049 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL CATALYSTS, AND FUEL CELL CATALYST - The invention provides processes for producing fuel cell catalysts that are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential and have excellent durability and high oxygen reducing ability. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053050 | METHOD OF FUNCTIONALIZING A CARBON MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a method of functionalizing a carbon material. A carbon material is contacted with a carboxylic acid, whereby a mixture is formed. The mixture is heated for a suitable period of time at a temperature below the thermal decomposition temperature of the carbon material. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053051 | ELECTRODE CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrode binder for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell which includes a hydrocarbon-based polymer and a water-soluble polymer acting as a porogen, a porous hydrocarbon-based electrode catalyst layer including the electrode binder, and a method of manufacturing the same. Because of the use of the porogen, the pore size and porosity of the hydrocarbon-based binder catalyst layer are optimized, and bondability of a hydrocarbon-based membrane electrode assembly is enhanced. The present invention also features a fuel cell manufactured using the porogen. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053052 | FUEL CELL COMPOSITE FLOW FIELD ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A composite flow field element, such as a separator plate used in a high temperature air-cooled fuel cell assembly, preferably includes a metal sheet substrate of non-uniform thickness, such as a mesh, and flexible graphite layers bonded to the metal mesh substrate by an electrically conductive bonding agent. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053053 | CELL HOLDER FOR FUEL CELL - A porous silicon wafer including, on its upper surface side, multiple recesses, this upper surface being coated with a porous silicon layer having pores smaller than those of the wafer bulk. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053054 | COMPOSITIONS, OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA AND METHODS FOR USING THE OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA - There are provided compositions, optical data storage media and methods of using the optical data storage. The compositions comprise a non-linear sensitizer comprising one or more platinum ethynyl complexes capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to a reactant that undergoes a photochemical change upon triplet excitation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053055 | COMPOSITIONS, OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA AND METHODS FOR USING THE OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA - There are provided compositions, optical data storage media and methods of using the optical data storage media. The compositions comprise a non-linear sensitizer comprising one or more subphthalocyanine reverse saturable absorbers capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause upper triplet energy transfer to a reactant that undergoes a photochemical change upon triplet excitation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053056 | Method for Fracturing and Forming a Pattern Using Curvilinear Characters with Charged Particle Beam Lithography - In the field of semiconductor production using shaped charged particle beam lithography, a method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation or proximity effect correction is disclosed, wherein a series of curvilinear character projection shots are determined for a charged particle beam writer system, such that the set of shots can form a continuous track, possibly of varying width, on a surface. A method for forming a continuous track on a surface using a series of curvilinear character projection shots is also disclosed. Methods for manufacturing a reticle and for manufacturing a substrate such as a silicon wafer by forming a continuous track on a surface using a series of curvilinear character projection shots is also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053057 | MASK BLANK, TRANSFER MASK, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a mask blank for producing a transfer mask adapted to ArF excimer laser exposure light. The mask blank has a light-shielding film on a transparent substrate. The light-shielding film has a structure in which a light-shielding layer and a front-surface antireflection layer are laminated in this order from the transparent substrate side. The light-shielding layer is made of a material containing tantalum and nitrogen. The front-surface antireflection layer is made of a material containing tantalum and silicon and further containing one or more elements selected from oxygen and nitrogen. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053058 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION MASK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device fabrication mask comprises a light-transmitting substrate, and a semi-light-shielding pattern and a light-shielding pattern formed on portions of the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the concentration of an S-containing material is 0.4% or less within the range of a depth of 1 nm from the exposed surface of the light-transmitting substrate, the surface of the semi-light-shielding pattern, and the surface of the light-shielding pattern. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053059 | MASK BLANKS - The present invention provides a mask blank which comprises a substrate made of a synthetic quartz glass and a light-shielding film laminated on a surface of the substrate and is for use in a semiconductor device production technique employing an exposure light wavelength of 200 nm or shorter, wherein the mask blank has a birefringence, as measured at a wavelength of 193 nm, of 1 nm or less per substrate thickness. According to the present invention, mask blanks suitable for use in the immersion exposure technique and the polarized illumination technique are provided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053060 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An exposure device includes a determining unit determines specific transfer patterns, which are transfer patterns of predetermined portions of a unit pattern, among transfer patterns projected through a photomask including an internal pattern having a plurality of unit patterns that is arranged at a predetermined interval and has the same shape, for two or more unit patterns, an error calculating unit calculates an error between the transfer pattern and the specified transfer pattern on the basis of the comparison between the relative position between the specific transfer patterns and a specified value of it, a correction parameter calculating unit calculates correction parameters for correcting the transfer patterns on the basis of the calculated error, and a correction control unit corrects exposure conditions using the correction parameters such that the transfer patterns are corrected. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053061 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus is equipped with an encoder system which measures positional information of a wafer stage by irradiating a measurement beam using four heads installed on the wafer stage on a scale plate which covers the movement range of the wafer stage except for the area right under a projection optical system. Placement distances of the heads here are each set to be larger than width of the opening of the scale plates, respectively. This allows the positional information of the wafer stage to be measured, by switching and using the three heads facing the scale plate out of the four heads according to the position of the wafer stage. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053062 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Within area where of four heads installed on a wafer stage, heads included in the first head group and the second head group to which three heads each belong that include one head different from each other face the corresponding areas on a scale plate, the wafer stage is driven based on positional information which is obtained using the first head group, as well as obtain the displacement (displacement of position, rotation, and scaling) between the first and second reference coordinate systems corresponding to the first and second head groups using the positional information obtained using the first and second head groups. By using the results and correcting measurement results obtained using the second head group, the displacement between the first and second reference coordinate systems is calibrated, which allows the measurement errors that come with the displacement between areas on scale plates where each of the four heads face. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053063 | TONER, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER - A toner is provided including a core particle comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, and a shell layer comprising particles of a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin comprises 80% by weight or more of a unit of an aromatic compound having a vinyl-polymerizable functional group. A method of manufacturing the above toner is also provided, including steps of dissolving or dispersing the binder resin, the colorant, and the release agent in an organic solvent to prepare an oily liquid, dispersing the oily liquid in an aqueous medium to prepare the core particles, and adhering particles of a vinyl resin to the surfaces of the core particles to form shell layers. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053064 | OVERCOAT LAYER COMPRISING CORE-SHELL FLUORINATED PARTICLES - The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to an improved electrophotographic imaging member in which the overcoat layer incorporates core-shell fluorinated nano- or micro-particles encapsulated in a melamine shell to reduce torque and cleaning failures during the photoreceptor cleaning process. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053065 | PLASTICIZER CONTAINING PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer contains a cyclohexanecarboxylate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053066 | POSS MELAMINE OVERCOATED PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor containing an optional supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, a charge transport layer or layers, and an overcoating layer containing a crosslinked mixture of a POSS component, a melamine polymer, and a charge transport like a hole transport compound. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053067 | ANTICURL BACKSIDE COATING (ACBC) PHOTOCONDUCTOR - A photoconductor that includes a first layer, a supporting substrate thereover, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer of at least one charge transport component, and wherein the first layer is in contact with the supporting substrate on the reverse side thereof, and which first layer is comprised of a crosslinked mixture of a glycoluril resin and a self crosslinking acrylic resin. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053068 | FLEXIBLE IMAGING MEMBER BELTS - Embodiments pertain to a flexible imaging member used in electrostatography and processes for making and using the imaging member. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to a structurally simplified flexible electrophotographic imaging member that has reasonable flatness and exhibits good performance without the need of an anticurl back coating layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053069 | FLEXIBLE IMAGING MEMBER BELTS - Embodiments pertain to a flexible imaging member used in electrostatography and processes for making and using the imaging member. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to a structurally simplified flexible electrophotographic imaging member that has reasonable flatness and exhibits good performance without the need of an anticurl back coating layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053070 | GLYCOLURIL RESIN AND ACRYLIC RESIN DUAL MEMBERS - A dual layered intermediate transfer member, such as a belt, that includes a substrate that is coated with a layer of a mixture of a glycoluril resin, and a self crosslinking acrylic resin. | 2011-03-03 |
20110053071 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - To provide a toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a core shell structure, and wherein the core contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a hybrid resin and a polyester resin, where the hybrid resin is a resin in which a polyester resin and a vinyl resin are chemically bonded to each other, and the shell contains a resin prepared by polymerizing at least a styrene monomer and an ester monomer represented by the following General Formula (1): | 2011-03-03 |
20110053072 | TONER SET, DEVELOPER SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner set has toners used in an image forming method by forming a toner image with toners of several colors and fixing the toner image onto a recording medium. The toners include first and second toners of different colors. The first and second toners contain toner base particles including a binding resin, a colorant and a wax. The colorant of the first toner contains a quinacridone pigment. The wax includes a carnauba wax and a wax other than the carnauba wax. The base particles of the first toner have a mass % W | 2011-03-03 |