40th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080241548 | LAMINATED MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, WAVE PLATE, AND OPTICAL FILM - A laminated material, method for producing thereof, wave plate, and optical film are provided. A laminated material includes a plurality of members bonded together, each of the members including a polymer material. At least one of bonded surfaces of the members bonded together is subjected to a corona treatment. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241549 | Method for forming UV-patternable conductive polymer film and conductive polymer film formed by the same - Example embodiments provide a method for forming a UV-patternable conductive polymer film. According to the method, vapor-phase polymerization (VPP) may be employed to synthesize a conductive polymer and a UV-curable polymer resin may be used as a binder to form a conductive polymer film. Example embodiments also provide a conductive polymer film formed by the method. The conductive polymer film may be patterned in a relatively simple manner while maintaining increased conductivity, improved transparency and improved flexibility. Therefore, the conductive polymer film may be used as a material for transparent electrodes of a variety of display devices, e.g., LCD and PDP devices, and electronic devices, e.g., ELs and TFTs. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241550 | PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING - In one embodiment, the present application is directed to a structure. The structure comprises a structural layer having an external surface and a coating on the external surface of the structural layer. The coating comprises a polyurethane binder; and photocatalytic particles within the polyurethane binder. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241551 | Graded glass/zirconia/glass structures for damage resistant ceramic dental and orthopedic prostheses - The present invention provides a functionally graded glass/ceramic/glass sandwich system for use in damage resistant, ceramic and orthopedic prosthesis. The functionally graded glass/substrate/glass composite structure comprises an outer residual glass layer, a graded glass-ceramic layer, and a dense interior ceramic. The functionally graded glass/substrate/glass composite structure may further comprise a veneer on an exterior surface. The present invention also provides a method for preparing a functionally graded glass/ceramic/glass sandwich system. A powdered glass-ceramic composition is applied to the accessible surfaces of a presintered zirconia substrate to thereby substantially cover the substrate surfaces. The glass of the composition has a CTE similar to that of the substrate material. The glass-ceramic composition is infiltrated into and densifies the substrate by heating the assembly to at least the sintering temperature of the substrate. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241552 | SOLDER ALLOY AND GLASS BONDED BODY USING THE SAME - The invention provides a solder alloy containing, by mass, 2.0 to 15.0% of Ag, 0.1 to 6.0% of Al, 0.01 to 0.50% of Y, the balance being Sn and unavoidable impurities. The solder alloy preferably contains 0.01 to 0.50% of Ge by mass. The solder alloy of the invention is suited to bonding oxides together and the oxides preferably comprise glass. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241553 | Silicon-Containing Ethylene-Based Polymer Blends, Methods For Making Same, And Articles Made Therefrom - The present invention relates to polymer blends comprising: (a) from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of a HDPE having a density from 0.941 g/cm | 2008-10-02 |
20080241554 | Hard coat film - One example of the present invention is a hard coat film in which a hard coat liquid is caked and forms a hard coat layer (D) stacked on at least one side of a triacetylcellulose film (A), the hard coat liquid contains a solvent (E) in which the triacetylcellulose film (A) dissolves or swells and a UV-curable resin ingredient consisting primarily of a reactive polyether modified silicone compound (C) and a polyfunctional monomer (B) having at least two metaacryloyl groups in a single molecule, and, has a surface tension of 20-25 mN/m at 25° C. The hard coat layer (D) has a refraction index differing from that of the triacetylcellulose film (A) by 0.1 or less, a surface water contact angle being 80 degrees or more, and at most two spot defects which are larger than 70 μm in 1-square-meter of the sheet. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241555 | Strained metal nitride films and method of forming - A method for forming a strained metal nitride film and a semiconductor device containing the strained metal nitride film. The method includes exposing a substrate to a gas containing a metal precursor, exposing the substrate to a gas containing a first nitrogen precursor configured to react with the metal precursor with a first reactivity characteristic, and exposing the substrate to a gas pulse containing a second nitrogen precursor configured to react with the metal precursor with a second reactivity characteristic different than the first reactivity characteristic such that a property of the metal nitride film formed on the substrate changes to provide a strained metal nitride film. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241556 | Composite structure and method for forming the same - A composite structure forming method comprises the steps of first pre-treating brittle material fine particles to impart an internal strain to the brittle material fine particles, secondly causing the brittle material fine particles in which the internal strain has been created to collide with a substrate surface at high speed or applying a mechanical impact force to the brittle material fine particles containing the internal strain therein provided on the substrate surface, to deform or fracture the brittle material fine particles, re-joining the fine particles through active new surfaces generated by the deformation or fracture, forming an anchor section made of polycrystalline brittle material of which part bites into the substrate surface at a boundary section between the new surfaces and the substrate, and further forming a structure made of polycrystalline brittle material on the anchor section. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241557 | HYDROPHILIC MEMBER AND UNDERCOATING COMPOSITION - A hydrophilic member includes: a substrate; a first layer and a hydrophilic layer in this order, wherein the first layer contains a polymer and is joined with the substrate and the hydrophilic layer by a chemical bond; and the hydrophilic layer contains a hydrophilic polymer and a metal element selected from Si, Ti, Zr and Al and has a crosslinking structure. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241558 | Method for forming corrosion-resistant film and high-temperature apparatus member - There is provided a method for forming a corrosion-resistant protective film, which can preventing peel off of the protective film and enables long-term stable use of the film under high-temperature conditions. The corrosion-resistant film forming method includes the steps of: carrying out Ni (or Ni—B) plating of a surface of a substrate of a Ni—Cr alloy to form a Ni (or Ni—B) layer on the substrate surface; and carrying out Al diffusion treatment of the surface of the Ni (or Ni—B) layer to form a protective layer of Ni—Al. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241559 | Dendrimer having metallocene core, organic memory device using the same and manufacturing method thereof - Disclosed herein is a dendrimer, in which metallocene, which is an oxidation-reduction material, is located at a core, and a conjugated dendron is connected to the metallocene core by a linker compound, an organic active layer having the dendrimer, an organic memory device having the organic active layer and a method of manufacturing the organic active layer and the organic memory device. The organic memory device manufactured using a dendrimer having a metallocene core of example embodiments may have a shorter switching time, decreased operation voltage, decreased manufacturing cost and increased reliability, thereby realizing a highly-integrated large-capacity memory device. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241560 | Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating - A ceramic thermal barrier coating ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080241561 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating the same, in which a resonance effect is suppressed and transmittance is substantially the same in a wavelength band of visible light. The organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate and including a reflection layer; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode and including a white emission layer; a second electrode disposed on the organic layer; a transmittance controlled layer disposed on the second electrode; and a metal layer disposed on the transmittance controlled layer. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241562 | Impact-Modified Polyamide Film - Films made from impact-modified polyamide. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241563 | POLYMER SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a method for fixedly and electronically coupling an electronic component to a polymer substrate. In this embodiment, a polymer substrate is received. The polymer substrate has an electronic component disposed proximate a bonding agent which is coupled to the polymer substrate. The present embodiment also provides a heat shielding fixture which is configured to shield at least a portion of the polymer substrate from a heat source. The heat shielding fixture is configured to allow heat from the heat source to access the bonding agent. The present embodiment then subjects the bonding agent to the heat source such that the heat from the heat source causes the electronic component to be fixedly and electronically coupled to the polymer substrate once the bonding agent solidifies. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241564 | CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE ON AN ORGANIC BASE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method comprises providing a bottom electrode, depositing, on the bottom electrode, an active material comprising a first structural portion having an absorption peak at a UV wavelength, wherein such first structural portion is photo-activatable at such wavelength and which is constituted by monomers or oligomers that, when irradiated at said wavelength, undergo a photo-polymerization and/or photo-cross-linking reaction, or constituted by a polymer that at a UV wavelength undergoes a photo-degradation reaction, and a second electrically active or activatable structural portion which is substantially transparent to such predetermined UV wavelength; exposing a portion of the active material, through a photomask, to UV radiation having such UV wavelength, with photo-activation of the exposed portion of such film; selectively removing either the exposed photo-activated portion or the non-exposed portion, with exposure of a respective portion of the bottom electrode; depositing a head electrode. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241565 | Optical compensation films with birefringence enhancing substituents for liquid crystal display - Optical compensation films (positive C-plate) with anisotropic subunits (OASUs) that are aromatic rings substituted with birefringence enhancing substituents (BES) and have high positive birefringence throughout the wavelength range 400 nm<λ<800 nm are provided. The optical compensation films may be processed by solution casting to yield a polymer film with high birefringence without the need for stretching, photopolymerization, or other processes. Such optical compensation films are suitable for use as a positive C-plate in LCDs, particularly IPS-LCDs. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241566 | Damping composition with improved bakability - Compositions for damping the vibration of mechanical components, such as those used in vehicles, are disclosed and described. The compositions comprise a water-based polymer resin and a drying control agent. The drying control agent minimizes the occurrence of cracks and swelling in the damping coating films when the coating films are baked and dried. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241567 | Frosting methods, frosted articles, & frosting liquids - A solid frosted article including, in certain aspects, a substrate, a film formed on the substrate, the film made with a frosting coating, the frosting coating including thermoset acrylic resin, polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylate copolymer, methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, and any two or all three of an adhesion promoter, an ultraviolet light disperser, and a freeze-thaw protector, e.g. propylene glycol; and wherein the solid frosted article is glass block, glass panel and glass bottle. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2008-10-02 |
20080241568 | Manufacturing Method Of Metal Product And Metal Product - In sintering a metal powder after pressure molding into a given configuration, random amorphous flaky metal fine powders ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080241569 | ENCAPSULATION OF RAMAN ACTIVE NANOPARTICLES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for coating nanoparticles with polymeric coatings and nanoparticles that are coated with polymeric coatings. The polymeric coatings typically comprise two or more layers wherein the first layer has a charge that is opposite to that of the second layer. In further embodiments, the nanoparticles that can act as labels or reporters are coated with polymeric coatings. Optionally, these reporter or label nanoparticles may be Raman-active, such that they provide a distinctive Raman signature upon excitation with electromagnetic radiation. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241570 | Method for fabricating a medical component from a material having a high carbide phase and such medical component - A method of fabricating a medical implant component. The method may comprise producing a substrate from a first material in which the substrate has a bearing portion, and causing particles of a second material to be formed onto at least the bearing portion of the substrate. The second material may be formed from a biocompatible material and a carbide source, in which the carbide source is 6.17% or more of the second material by weight. The particles of the second material may be formed onto at least the bearing portion of the substrate by a predetermined spraying technique, a CVD process, a PVD process, or a carburization process. The biocompatible material may be cobalt chrome and the carbide source may be graphite. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241571 | CLAMSHELL CHASSIS ASSEMBLY - A method of manufacturing a chassis is provided. The method comprises casting a first segment having a plurality of connected walls such that a window is cast in each of two of the plurality of connected walls in the first segment; casting a second segment having a plurality of connected walls such that a window is cast in each of two of the plurality of connected walls in the second segment; and coupling the first and second segments together to form the chassis having a window in four walls | 2008-10-02 |
20080241572 | BONDING METHOD OF DISSIMILAR MATERIALS MADE FROM METALS AND BONDING STRUCTURE THEREOF - Disclosed is a bonding method for dissimilar materials made from metals and its resulting structures. The materials to be bonded are formed by layering three or more sheets such that a dissimilar material interface and a same material interface are formed. A first current is conducted between a three-sheet layered plate material wherein an aluminum alloy plate, a zinc plated steel plate and a bare steel plate, for example, are layered in order. A nugget is formed in an interface between the zinc plated steel plate and the bare steel plate, which are the same materials. Then, a second current greater than the first current is conducted, and a nugget is formed in an interface between the aluminum alloy plate and the zinc plated steel plate. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241573 | SELF CLEANING ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATES - Self-cleaning aluminum alloy substrates and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a substrate is provided, the substrate including an aluminum alloy body, an anodic oxide zone having micropores within a surface of the aluminum alloy body, the anodic oxide zone being substantially impermeable to contaminants, and a photocatalytic film located on at least a portion of the anodic oxide zone, wherein the photocatalytic film comprises photocatalytically active semiconductor. In one embodiment, a method is provided, the method including the steps of forming an anodic oxide zone in at least a portion of an aluminum alloy base, forming a photocatalytic film, the photocatalytic film being located on the anodic oxide zone, and sealing the anodic oxide zone with a sealant, wherein, as sealed, the anodic oxide zone is substantially impermeable to contaminants. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241574 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING STRUCTURE WITH SUB-LITHOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS - A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided including processing a wafer having a first layer and a second layer, the second layer is over the first layer, forming a vertical post from a sidewall spacer formed from the second layer, forming a filler over the first layer and surrounding the vertical post, and forming a device layer having a hole by removing the vertical post in the filler. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241575 | SELECTIVE ALUMINUM DOPING OF COPPER INTERCONNECTS AND STRUCTURES FORMED THEREBY - Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include heating a substrate comprising a patterned metallic region to about 145 C or below in a reaction space, introducing an aluminum co-reactant into the reaction space, wherein an aluminum material is formed on the patterned metallic region, but not on non-metallic regions. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241576 | Composite Materials - Light weight composites with high flexural strength comprise epoxy foam sandwiched between two layers of facing material have high strength and low weight and can be used to replace steel structures. The facing layer may be fibrous material especially glass or carbon fibres, the facing material is preferably embedded into the epoxy matrix. Alternatively they may be matching box structures or concentric metal tubes. The sandwich structures may be prepared by laying up the fibre; coating and/or impregnating the layer with epoxy resin, laying a layer of heat activatable foamable epoxy material, providing a further layer of the fibrous material optionally coated and/or impregnated with epoxy resin on the foamable material and heating to foam and cure the epoxy materials. Alternatively they may be formed by extrustion of the foamable material between the surface layers. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241577 | CONVERSION COATINGS INCLUDING ALKALINE EARTH METAL FLUORIDE COMPLEXES - An aqueous composition for pretreating and depositing a coating on metal substrates is provided. The coating composition includes from about 1,500 to about 55,000 ppm based on the aqueous composition of a Group IIA dissolved metal ion, from about 100 to about 200,000 ppm based on the aqueous composition of a dissolved complex metal fluoride ion wherein the metal atom is selected from Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group IVB metals, Group VA, Group VB metals; and water. The composition is free of Group IIA metal fluoride precipitate achieved by including in the composition a complex metal salt different than the salt associated with the complex metal fluoride ion, with the complex metal salt being capable of complexing free fluoride ions to prevent a precipitation reaction. A process for coating a metal substrate with such an aqueous composition is further provided. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241578 | Halogen-free flame retardant epoxy resin composition, prepreg, and copper clad lamination - Disclosed is an epoxy resin composition featured by comprising a phosphate with phenolic or benzoxazine groups for enhancing flame retardancy. The phosphate used herein has higher molecular weight and higher viscosity than conventional ones. Because the phosphate is able to react with the epoxy resin at high temperatures, greater amounts of phosphate can be added to the epoxy resin to increase the viscosity of the epoxy resin prepreg for copper clad laminates or printed circuit plates. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241579 | Method for casting a component - A cast component having localized areas of improved physical properties is disclosed. The component may initially be produced having a void portion in a predetermined area requiring improved physical properties. A second molten material may be added to the void portion such that it chemically bonds to the void portion. The component may then be finished such to a final shape with a localized area of improved physical properties. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241580 | Filler Metal Composition and Method for Overlaying Low NOx Power Boiler Tubes - An alloy for use as a welding overlay for boiler tubes in a low NO | 2008-10-02 |
20080241581 | Epitaxial Layer Structures and Precursors for Topotactic Anion Exchange Oxide Films - This invention disclosure describes methods for the fabrication of metal oxide films on surfaces by topotactic anion exchange, and laminate structures enabled by the method. A precursor metal-nonmetal film is deposited on the surface, and is subsequently oxidized via topotactic anion exchange to yield a topotactic metal-oxide product film. The structures include a metal-oxide layer(s) and/or a metal-nonmetal layer(s). | 2008-10-02 |
20080241582 | Multi-Ply Cookware With Copper-Aluminum-Stainless Steel - Multi-ply composite cookware consisting of different metal combinations to include the beauty of copper on the exterior coupled with its excellent heat distribution/conductivity properties within the interior to provide thermally efficient, durable and cosmetically pleasing cookware. In several embodiments of the present invention, a layer of silver is also preferably employed in the interior thereof between adjacent aluminum layers to further improve thermal conductivity. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241583 | High Chromium Ferritic Steel With 0.5 Atomic % Hafnium, Part Of Which Is Ion Implanted - The application relates to the problem of improving the corrosion resistance and creep properties of standard Cr-steels like E911 (table 1) at high temperatures. To solve this problem, a method of adding up to 0.5 atomic % Hf both during casting or molding and by ion implantation is provided. The addition of Hf improves the corrosion resistance and creep properties inter alia, as it forms a finely distributed stable second phase and as the harmful M23C6 disappears, because all carbon is taken by Hf to form HfC. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241584 | Hardfacing alloy, methods and products - Disclosed is a hardfacing alloy capable of withstanding service abrasion of the order of silicious earth particles and weldable on industrial products, such as tool joints and stabilizers used in oil and gas well drilling, and other industrial products. The hardfacing alloy has a low coefficient of friction resulting from excellent metal to metal resistance and significant reduction in industrial wear on industrial products, such as casing wear. Other embodiments of the invention include tool joints having the hardbanding alloy welded to the outer cylindrical surface to its box and pin members and to stabilizer ribs on the stabilizer used in earth boring, such as boring for oil and gas, other industrial products, and methods of applying the hardfacing alloy to their surfaces. The hardfacing alloy does not require any post weld treatment, has primary borides in its microstructure, the carbons in the alloy are tied up in the formation of secondary carbides which add to the abrasion resistance, and have a quadratic crystallographic structure and a hardness of about 1725 Hv comparable to the prior art hardness of the chromium carbide primary carbide alloys of the prior art but is substantially less brittle than C—Cr—Fe hardfacing alloys. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241585 | Voltage non-linear resistance ceramic composition and voltage non-linear resistance element - As for the voltage non-linear resistance element layer | 2008-10-02 |
20080241586 | Light Emitting Element and Light Emitting Device Using the Same - An object of the prevent invention is to provide a light emitting element having slight increase in driving voltage with accumulation of light emitting time. Another object of the invention is to provide a light emitting element having slight increase in resistance with increase in film thickness. In an aspect of the invention, a light emitting element includes first, second and layers between mutually-facing first and second electrodes. The first layer is provided to be closer to the first electrode than the second layer. The third layer is provided to be closer to the second electrode than the second layer. The first layer contains a bipolar substance and a substance exhibiting an electron accepting ability with respect to the bipolar substance. The second layer contains a bipolar substance and a substance exhibiting an electron donating ability with respect to the bipolar substance. The third layer contains a light emitting substance. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241587 | Film-Forming Apparatus And Film-Forming Method - For increasing the film-forming rate and enabling uniform film formation and waste elimination of raw material, a film-forming method and a film-forming apparatus can reach an evaporated film-forming material to a surface of a substrate by the flow of a transport gas so as to control the film-forming conditions by the flow of the gas. Thereby a uniform thin film can be deposited on the large-area substrate. That is, by directing the evaporated raw material toward the substrate, it is possible to increase the film-forming rate and achieve uniform film formation. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241588 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY - In an organic electroluminescence device including a cathode and an anode, at least an emitting layer and an electron transporting layer are provided between the cathode and the anode. The emitting layer contains a host material formed of a naphthacene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a dopant material formed of a diketopyrolopyrrol derivative represented by the following formula (2). The electron transporting layer is preferably a benzoimidazole derivative. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241589 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; and an organic compound layer between the pair of electrodes, the organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer. The at least one organic compound layer contains at least one of a compound represent by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II). | 2008-10-02 |
20080241590 | METHOD OF COATING SULFIDE PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE EMPLOYING COATED SULFIDE PHOSPHOR - A method of coating phosphor powder with a composite oxide, and a light emitting device that employs the phosphor powder coated with the composite oxide are disclosed. The method includes mixing a silicon oxide precursor and a precursor of another oxide in water and alcohol to form a primary coating layer on a sulfide phosphor through a sol-gel reaction, heat treating the primary coating layer to form a composite oxide layer of the silicon oxide and the other oxide from the primary coating layer. The method improves moisture stability of the sulfide phosphor compared to a sulfide phosphor coated with a single silicon oxide film. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241591 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE - The invention is to provide an organic EL device having a long life time that can reduce the driving voltage of the organic EL device, and to provide a material having a small ionization potential and exhibiting a large hole mobility by using as a layer or a zone. The organic electroluminescence device comprises a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting layer sandwiched in the electrodes, characterized in that a hole transporting zone provided between the electrodes comprises the phenylenediamine derivative represented by the specific structural formulae, and the phenylenediamine derivative has a hole mobility of 10 | 2008-10-02 |
20080241592 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting layer containing at least one host material and at least one luminescent dopant serving as a guest. The host material is a polymer having repeating units linked to each other by non-conjugated bonds and the luminescent dopant is a Π-conjugated oligomer. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241593 | POLYPARAXYLYLENE COMPOSITE FILM - The present invention provides a composite film that excels in strength, even if its area is large, and in handleability, and has longer operating life. The present invention is a composite film including: a first film that contains at least one selected from the group consisting of metallic oxides, metallic compounds, metals and carbon; and a second film that contains polyparaxylylene having a structural unit expressed by the general formula (I). | 2008-10-02 |
20080241594 | NOVEL COMPOUND AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Provided are a compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 2008-10-02 |
20080241595 | Magnetic recording medium - A magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic underlayer formed on a substrate, magnetic patterns made of a ferromagnetic material and provided separately on the soft magnetic underlayer, and a nonmagnetic layer including two sublayers or more of a same material and formed on the soft magnetic underlayer between the magnetic patterns. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241596 | Magnetoresistive Multilayer Film - This application discloses a magnetoresistive multilayer film having the structure where an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned-magnetization layer, a non-magnetic spacer layer and a free-magnetization layer are laminated in this order. An opposite-side layer is provided on the side of the antiferromagnetic layer opposite to the pined-magnetization layer. The opposite-side layer has components of nickel and chromium. An atomic numeral ratio of chromium in the opposite-side layer is preferably not less than 41% and not more than 70%, more preferably not less than 43%. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241597 | RADIO-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR WITH SPIN-POLARISED CURRENT - This radio-frequency oscillator includes a magnetoresistive device in which a spin-polarised electric current flows. This device comprises a stack of at least a first so-called “anchored” magnetic layer having a fixed magnetisation direction, a second magnetic layer, an amagnetic layer inserted between the above-mentioned two layers, intended to ensure magnetic decoupling of said layers. The oscillator also comprises means of causing a flow of electrons in said layers perpendicular to these layers and, if applicable, of applying an external magnetic field to the structure. The second magnetic layer has an excitation damping factor at least 10% greater than the damping measured in a simple layer of the same material having the same geometry for magnetic excitation having wavelengths equal to or less than the extent of the cone or cylinder of current that flows through the stack that constitutes the magnetoresistive device. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241598 | MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY HAVING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT WITH NONMAGNETIC METAL LAYER - A magnetic random access memory in which a plurality of magnetoresistive elements are laid out in an array, the magnetoresistive element includes a lower ferromagnetic layer, an upper ferromagnetic layer which has a planar shape smaller than a planar shape of the lower ferromagnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic insulating layer which is formed between the lower ferromagnetic layer and the upper ferromagnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic metal layer which is formed between the first nonmagnetic insulating layer and the upper ferromagnetic layer. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241599 | CARBONIC ACID ESTER AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A carbonic acid ester is provided that is represented by the formula below and has a melting point of no greater than 0° C. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241600 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium wherein a fine non-magnetic inorganic powder, the dispersibility of which is improved, is used to improve the surface smoothness of a lower non-magnetic layer, thereby giving an excellent surface smoothness of an upper magnetic layer and electromagnetic conversion property; and a production process thereof. A magnetic recording medium comprising at least a non-magnetic support, a lower non-magnetic layer on one surface of the non-magnetic support, and an upper magnetic layer on the lower non-magnetic layer, wherein the upper magnetic layer contains at least a ferromagnetic powder, and a binder resin material, and the lower non-magnetic layer contains at least carbon black, iron oxide, and a binder resin material, and the iron oxide has an average major axis length of 30 to 100 nm, and a specific surface area based on the BET method of 80 to 120 m | 2008-10-02 |
20080241601 | MOLD STRUCTURE, IMPRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a mold structure including: a concavo-convex pattern formed on its surface, wherein the mold structure is used for transferring the concavo-convex pattern onto an imprint resist layer formed on a surface of a substrate having a thickness of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm by placing the concavo-convex pattern against the imprint resist layer, and wherein a thickness Dm (mm) of the mold structure, a thickness Ds (mm) of the substrate and a curl amount C (mm) of the mold structure satisfy the relationship 0.01≦10,000×(Dm | 2008-10-02 |
20080241602 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium wherein both of a reduction in the particle diameter of a ferromagnetic powder and an increase in the filling ratio of the powder in a magnetic layer are attained and the magnetic layer is excellent in surface smoothness and electromagnetic conversion property. A magnetic recording medium comprising at least a non-magnetic support, a lower non-magnetic layer on one surface of the non-magnetic support, and an upper magnetic layer on the lower non-magnetic layer, wherein the lower non-magnetic layer contains at least carbon black, a non-magnetic inorganic powder other than carbon black, and a binder resin, the upper magnetic layer contains at least a ferromagnetic powder and a binder resin containing a polar group, and the ferromagnetic powder is a ferromagnetic metal powder having an average major axis length of 10 to 50 nm, or a hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder having an average plate diameter of 5 to 40 nm, and the polar-group-containing binder resin is contained in the upper magnetic layer in such an amount that a proportion of said polar group to unit specific surface area based on the BET method of the ferromagnetic powder is set into a range of 0.18 to 0.35 μmol/m | 2008-10-02 |
20080241603 | Magnetic Disk Glass Substrate - A magnetic disk glass substrate including compressive stress layers at main surfaces and a tensile stress layer between the compressive stress layers formed by chemical strengthening. When the glass substrate has a thickness of less than 0.5 mm and the tensile stress layer has a thickness L and a tensile stress of Pt (kg/mm | 2008-10-02 |
20080241604 | Microstructures And Methods Of Fabrication Thereof - Fuel cells, fuel cell membranes, micro-fuel cells, and methods of fabricating each, are disclosed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241605 | CLAD COPPER WIRE HAVING ENVIRONMENTALLY ISOLATING ALLOY - A current collector for a fuel cell that includes at least one wire having an inner core of high conductivity metal and an outer cladding of an environmentally isolating material. The current collector may be utilized in both an oxidizing and reducing environment. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HUMIDIFYING A GAS IN FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - A membrane exchange humidifier for use with a fuel cell system, fuel cell or fuel cell stack includes at least one wet chamber, a plurality of dry chambers, a water permeable sheet membrane; wherein each of the plurality of dry chambers is separated from one or more of the at least one wet chambers by the water permeable sheet membrane, whereby water is capable of being transferred across the water permeable sheet membrane; and a variable flow cross section restriction device fluidly connects to at least one of the plurality of dry chambers. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241607 | WATER REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR NON-REACTIVE REGIONS IN PEFMC STACKS - A device and method to extract water from a moisture-rich fuel cell flowpath. A water transport unit is integrated into the fuel cell so that liquid water stagnation within flow channels and manifolds is reduced. In one embodiment, the device includes numerous flowpaths that include an active region and an inactive region. The water transport unit includes a hydrophilic member such that upon passage of a fluid with the excess water through the inactive region of the device flowpath and into the presence of the hydrophilic member, it absorbs excess water from the fluid. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241608 | METHOD OF STARTING UP A FUEL CELL UNDER CONDITIONS IN WHICH WATER MAY FREEZE - A method including starting a fuel cell stack and generating heat in the fuel cell stack to raise the fuel cell stack temperature above 0° C. for each start to eliminate ice in the fuel cell stack before shutdown. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241609 | INTEGRATED FUEL-AIR DELIVERY SYSTEM - An integrated fuel and air delivery system for a fuel cell that includes a pump and an air inlet member connected to the pump. Additionally, an air outlet member is connected to the pump. Desired quantities of fuel and air are mixed in the air outlet member and resonance of the fuel and air are removed prior to introduction into the fuel cell. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241610 | Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system controlling amount of hydrogen generation - Hydrogen generating apparatus that is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen generation. The hydrogen generating apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention has an electrolyzer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a variable resistance, which is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, a flow rate meter, which measures an amount of hydrogen generation in the second electrode, and a variable resistance controller, which receives a set value, compares the amount of hydrogen generation measured by the flow rate meter with the set value, and controls a resistance value of the variable resistance. The amount of hydrogen generation can be controlled by use of variable resistance. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241611 | MCFC anode for direct internal reforming of ethanol, manufacturing process thereof, and method for direct internal reforming in MCFC containing the anode - A direct internal reforming system of ethanol for a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) is provided. An MCFC anode for a direct internal reforming of ethanol, a manufacturing process thereof, and a direct internal reforming method in MCFC where an ethanol solution is injected into the anode are provided. by the simple process of coating the surface of the anode with small quantity of catalyst, the drawback in that the performance of MCFC is degraded when the ethanol is directly used as a fuel is overcome. Further, an additional apparatus such as an external reforming apparatus and additional cost for pelletizing the catalyst powders are not required, which is economical. Furthermore, the performance improvement enables long-term operation, which contributes to commercialization of MCFC. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241612 | Fuel cell system with one hundred percent fuel utilization - A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using a cascaded electrochemical hydrogen pump, such as a high temperature, low hydration ion exchange membrane cell stack having at least two membrane cells arranged in process fluid flow series, and providing the hydrogen separated from the fuel exhaust stream into the fuel inlet stream. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241613 | Compositions, devices and methods for hydrogen generation - Methods and systems for hydrogen generation from solid hydrogen storage compositions which generate hydrogen in an exothermic reaction wherein the heat released can be absorbed by solid endothermic compositions are disclosed. The solid hydrogen storage compositions comprise mixtures of chemical hydrides and water surrogate compounds. Fuel cartridges suitable for use with compositions which generate hydrogen upon the application of thermal initiation and methods for operating the fuel cartridges are also disclosed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241614 | HYDROGEN MOBILE POWER PLANT THAT EXTRACTS HYDROGEN FUEL FROM WATER - The apparatus contains a means to create superheated steam at a temperature of preferably 800° C. The superheated steam is delivered to a catalytic decomposition converter that contains ceramic membranes that function to decompose water H | 2008-10-02 |
20080241615 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM USING SAME, AND AUTOMOBILE USING SAME - There is provided a hydrogen storage and/or supply device utilizing an organic compound medium capable of being repeatedly hydrogenated and dehydrogenated. This device comprises: a catalyst member formed of a stack of a plurality of catalyst plates for storing and/or releasing hydrogen through a chemical reaction of the organic compound medium by means of a metal catalyst; a heat collector plate for supplying heat from a heat source to the catalyst member; and a heat transfer portion in contact with the plurality of catalyst plates and the heat collector plate. Each catalyst plate includes: the metal catalyst; a substrate; a catalyst support formed on at least one face of the substrate for supporting the metal catalyst; and a flow channel for passing the organic compound medium therethrough. Furthermore, the heat transfer portion has a thermal conductivity higher than that of the catalyst support. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241616 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel supplier supplying hydrocarbon-based fuel, a water supplier supplying water, an oxygen supplier supplying oxygen-containing gas for combustion, a combustion vessel connected to the fuel supplier, the water supplier and the oxygen supplier, and containing a catalyst to accelerate combustion reaction of the fuel and oxygen, a reformer connected to the combustion vessel and serving to react the fuel with water to convert them into a hydrogen-containing gas, a fuel cell disposed to enable heat transfer with the combustion vessel and generating power by electrochemical reaction between the hydrogen-containing gas supplied from the reformer and an oxygen-containing gas for power generation, and a controller controlling flow rates of the fuel, the water and the oxygen-containing gas for combustion supplied to the combustion vessel by controlling the fuel supplier, the water supplier and the oxygen supplier. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241617 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a gas discharge passage structure which includes one end portion connected to a liquid fuel supply passage structure in an anode electrode side of an electrolytic membrane and the other end portion opened to an outer space, the one end portion configured to separate gas and liquid from each other, and a gas-liquid separation accelerating structure increasing a pressure of a liquid fuel in the liquid fuel supply passage structure in the anode side of the membrane higher than a pressure of a gas at the one end portion of the gas discharge passage structure, and discharging a gas which is produced from the fuel in the anode side of the membrane and which is not passed through the membrane, from the liquid fuel supply passage structure in the anode side of the membrane to the one end portion of the gas discharge passage structure. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241618 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided with an assembly including an electrolytic membrane and anode and cathode electrodes on both sides of the membrane, a unit providing a path for supplying liquid fuel to the anode side of the membrane, a unit providing a path for supplying air to the cathode electrode side of the membrane, a unit providing a path for discharging gas from the anode electrode side of the membrane, and stacking members stacked in a state of sealing each other on an outer surface of the anode electrode. In this cell, the anode electrode and the stacking members configure a stacking structure, the liquid fuel supply path includes at least one through-hole passing through the stacking structure, and the gas discharge path includes at least one through-hole passing through the stacking structure independently of the at least one through-hole of the liquid fuel supply path. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241619 | FUEL CELL APPARATUS - A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell generating electric power, and including a fuel electrode which includes an anode catalyst, which is disposed in one side of an electrolyte membrane, which is supplied with liquid fuel, and which discharges gas generated by a chemical reaction accelerated by the anode catalyst, and an oxidizing agent electrode which includes a cathode catalyst, which is disposed in the other side of the electrolyte membrane, and which is supplied with air, and a control unit controlling a load applied to the fuel cell. The control unit increases the load in at least one of two cases, one case being when electric power generated by the fuel cell lowers below a predetermined reference value and another case being at predetermined time intervals, and stops the increase of the load after elapsing a predetermined time period from the start of the increase of the load. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241620 | SEPARATOR FOR COOLING MCFC, MCFC INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR COOLING MCFC USING THE SEPARATOR - A separator for cooling an MCFC has a cooling gas flow path provided in the separator, a cooling anode gas or a cooling cathode gas flowing through the cooling gas flow path, the cooling anode gas or the cooling cathode gas having a temperature lower than that of a general anode gas or a general cathode gas which is supplied to an anode or a cathode of the MCFC. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241621 | Energy storage system - A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their storage in their respective tanks. The heat exchanger also uses excess fuel cell heat to preheat streams of hydrogen and oxygen coming from the tanks. Phase separators serve both to separate water from hydrogen and oxygen, and to store the water. A thermal management system encloses all the system components except the tanks. An airfoil-shaped shell covers the system, and the larger of the two tanks extends substantially across the shell at its point of greatest camber thickness. The tanks are composed of polymer liners integral with composite shells. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241622 | ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE AND FUEL CELL UNIT - A fuel cell unit is attachable to a main unit of an electronic appliance having an air-inhaling inlet for inhaling open air for cooling internal components and an area where no air-inhaling inlet is formed, and includes: a fuel cell that generates water upon power generation and supplies power to the electronic appliance; and a vapor exhaust outlet for exhausting vapor containing the generated water at a position lower, in a posture in general use, to the area of the main unit where no air-inhaling inlet is formed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241623 | Passive Recovery of Liquid Water Produced by Fuel Cells - Passive recovery of liquid water from the cathode side of a polymer electrolyte membrane through the design of layers on the cathode side of an MEA and through the design of the PEM, may be used to supply water to support chemical or electrochemical reactions, either internal or external to the fuel cell, to support the humidification or hydration of the anode reactants, or to support the hydration of the polymer electrolyte membrane over its major surface or some combination thereof. Such passive recovery of liquid water can simplify fuel cell power generators through the reduction or elimination of cathode liquid water recovery devices. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241624 | FUEL CELL DEVICE - A fuel cell device is provided that may remove water that has been generated on the surface of a cathode. When the display member of a mobile phone is opened, a shutter member slides from a protection position to an open position. A water absorbing block is thereby moved toward a protrusion portion while contacting the surface of a cathode of a fuel cell, absorbing and removing water that has accumulated on the surface of the cathode. The water absorbing block is moved along the surface of the cathode by simply opening and closing the mobile phone in this manner, and the water that has been generated on the surface of the cathode may be absorbed and removed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241625 | Solid oxide fuel cell stack - A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells, each having a cylindrical shape, a conductive member via which the fuel cells are electrically coupled, and a holding member surrounding the fuel cells and the conductive member. The holding member includes a pressing portion which presses the fuel cells and the conductive member in an electrically serial direction, and a fixing portion which fixes the pressing portion such that the fuel cells and the conductive member are constantly pressed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241626 | Polymer blend membranes for fuel cells and fuel cells comprising the same - The present invention relates to polymer blend membranes of sulfonated and nonsulfonated polysulfones, methods for the preparation the membrane, and fuel cells comprising the same. The blend membranes can be obtained by varying drying condition and concentration of casting solution. The membranes have improved methanol barrier property, proton conductivity and membrane selectivity. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241627 | Partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole based polymer, method for preparing the same, MEA for fuel cell using the polybenzimidazole based polymer and method for preparing the same - A partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole based polymer for fuel cell membrane is prepared by copolymerizing monomers of 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, isophthalic acid and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid to obtain a partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole, and doping the partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole with inorganic acid. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241628 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - An object of the present invention is to provide a membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which can impart high electrical properties by increasing the introduction amount of the sulfonic acid group, has excellent swell suppression effect even under the humidified condition of high-temperature, and which has excellent electrical properties even under the condition of high-temperature and low-humidity. By using sulfonated polyarylene having specific constitutional units as a proton conductive membrane, a membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells can be provided which has excellent swell suppression effect even under the humidified condition of high-temperature, and which has excellent proton conductivity even under the condition of high-temperature and low-humidity. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241629 | Fuel cell with proton conducting membrane - The present invention provides improved, low-cost fuel cells having reduced fuel crossover, reduced sensitivity to metal ion impurities and ability to operate under a broad range of temperatures. The invention further provides improved methods for catalyst preparation and a new integrated flow field system for use in H | 2008-10-02 |
20080241630 | BLEND OF IONIC (CO)POLYMER RESINS AND MATRIX (CO) POLYMERS - The invention relates to polymeric resin blends containing polyelectrolyte resins blended into a polymer or copolymer matrix. Specifically, the polyelectrolyte resins are (co)polymers without hydrolyzable groups. The matrix polymer is a tough, and highly chemical-resistant (co)polymer, preferably a fluoropolymer. The polymeric resin blend is useful for forming films, and especially films useful for MEAs for use in fuel cells. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241631 | Fuel Container for Fuel Cell - A fuel container for a fuel cell, comprises a container body, the container body having a liquid fuel chamber for the storage of liquid fuel and a discharge means accommodating chamber for accommodating means for discharging the liquid fuel, a valve disposed in the container body to discharge or shut off the liquid fuel, and a partition wall member disposed slidably in the interior of the container body, wherein the partition wall member partitions the interior of the container body into the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber, the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber are in communication with each other through the partition wall member, and at least one of sliding surfaces of the container body and the partition wall member contains a material of a low frictional coefficient. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241632 | Use of Hydrophilic Treatment in a Water Vapor Transfer Device - A WVT unit that humidifies a cathode inlet airflow to a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system. In one embodiment, the WVT unit includes a series of membranes separated by plates defining flow channels at both sides of the membrane. The humidifying gas, typically a cathode outlet gas from the fuel cell stack, flows down the flow channels on one side of each membrane and the cathode inlet air flows down the flow channels on an opposite side of each membrane. According to the invention, the plates have a hydrophilic film so that more water vapor in the humidifying flow channels is exposed to the membrane, and therefore more water is transferred to the cathode airflow. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241633 | Direct oxide fuel cell - A direct oxide fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an anode collector, a cathode collector, an anode flow channel plate, and an equalization structure. The anode collector and the cathode collector are disposed on two sides of the MEA respectively. The anode collector contains a plurality of through zones surrounded and a non-through zone. The anode flow channel plate is disposed on a side of the anode collector facing away from the MEA, and includes a fuel transmission channel. The equalization structure disposed in the fuel transmission channel has an end connected to the anode flow channel plate and an opposite end abutting against the anode collector. An area of non-through zones abutted by the equalization structure is bigger than an area of the through zones abutted by the equalization structure. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241634 | PUMP DRIVING MODULE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A fuel pump driving module used for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel cell—and more particularly, a driving module for a diaphragm pump, and a fuel cell system equipped with the same—includes a pump controller for generating an ON/OFF signal and a reference pulse to a pump; and a pump driving pulse generation unit for combining the reference pulse according to a predetermined rule to determine a frequency and a duty ratio of the pump driving pulse and activating the pump driving pulse according to the ON/OFF signal to the pump. The pump driving module may be useful to commonly apply a single pump driving module to various manufacturers' fuel pumps, thereby to reduce the fabricating cost of the fuel cell system. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241635 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell include a membrane electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode opposed to the anode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode; a lyophobic porous body in contact with the anode; and an anode passage plate in contact with the lyophobic porous body, the anode passage plate including a gas collection passage and a fuel supplying passage, the gas collection passage collects a gas generated in the anode via the lyophobic porous body, the fuel supplying passage supplies a fuel to the anode via the lyophobic porous body. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241636 | SEALED WATER VAPOR TRANSFER UNIT ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED LOAD TRANSFERRING STRUCTURE - A water vapor transfer unit assembly is disclosed, the water vapor transfer unit assembly including a plurality of water vapor transfer units having a fluid permeable membrane and a plurality of supports disposed within a sealing frame adjacent an end plate of a fuel cell stack, wherein the sealing frame is adapted to provide support to the end plate and a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell stack system. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241637 | Polymerizable Compositions for Bonding and Sealing Low Surface Energy Substrates for Fuel Cells - An electrochemical cell, such as a fuel cell, having improved sealing against leakage includes (a) a first electrochemical cell component having a mating surface; (b) a cured sealant composition adhesively bonded to the mating surface of the first electrochemical cell component and (c) a second electrochemical cell component having a mating surface abuttingly disposed over the cured sealant composition. The cured sealant composition includes reaction products of a polymerizable (meth)acrylate component and a boron-containing initiator. Such a sealant composition is particularly useful where the mating surface of the first electrochemical cell component and/or the mating surface of the second electrochemical cell component is a plastic or plastic-containing substrate. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241638 | SOFC system producing reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide using a molten carbonated carbon dioxide pump - A solid oxide fuel cell power generation system's entire output is made up of three streams: water, sequestered carbon dioxide provided into a storage tank, and carbon dioxide depleted air. Thus, the system generates electricity from a hydrocarbon fuel, while outputting substantially no pollutants into the atmosphere and cleaning the air by removing carbon dioxide from the air exhaust stream. Thus, the system outputs cleaner air than it takes in without releasing pollutants into the atmosphere, while generating electricity from a readily available hydrocarbon fuel, such as natural gas. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241639 | CATALYST FOR POLYMER SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - There is provided a catalyst for a fuel cell, which simultaneously realizes excellent catalytic activity and catalytic stability. The catalyst for a fuel cell comprises a fine particle of a metal represented by formula: | 2008-10-02 |
20080241640 | Photocatalytic Deposition of Metals and Compositions Comprising the Same - A photocatalytic metal deposition process and a resulting nanocomposite are described. The nanocomposite includes an electrically conducting carbonaceous material, a photoactive metal oxide and a metal. Metals for deposition include noble metals, metal alloys and other transition metals in which the metal is laid down precisely and in a predetermined fashion on one or more surfaces of a composite. Deposition provides a high performance electrocatalyst for a number of suitable applications. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241641 | Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell and process for manufacturing the same - A membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell includes a membrane, a cathode electrode layer, a cathode gas diffusion layer, an anode electrode layer, and an anode gas diffusion layer. At least one of the cathode electrode layer and the anode electrode layer includes a catalytic layer, and a water-repellent layer. The catalytic layer contains first electrically-conductive fibers and a catalyst, and is disposed on a side of the membrane in the thickness-wise direction of the membrane electrode assembly. The water-repellent layer contains second electrically-conductive fibers and a water repellent, and is disposed more away from the membrane than the catalytic layer is disposed in the thickness-wise direction of the membrane electrode assembly. The first electrically-conductive fibers exhibit a first fibrous average length. The second electrically-conductive fibers exhibit a second fibrous average length. The first average fibrous length is longer than the second average fibrous length. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241642 | ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF FORMIC ACID USING A NOBLE METAL BASED CATALYST WITH ADMETALS - A catalyst formulation for an organic fuel cell includes a noble metal and an admetal. The catalyst formulation can include a noble metal and an admetal in a heterogeneous mixture or a solid solution with up to about 90% degree of alloying. The admetal can encourage the oxidation of catalyst poisons at room temperature and therefore reduces the exhaustion of the fuel cell. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241643 | Vanadium redox battery incorporating multiple electrolyte reservoirs - A vanadium redox battery energy storage system (“VRB-ESS”) capable of modularly incorporating additional electrolyte reservoirs to increase energy capacity while allowing for efficient low-volume operation is disclosed. The VRB-ESS of the present invention may efficiently operate using a first volume of electrolyte solution, while maintaining a second volume of electrolyte solution to be made available to the VRB-ESS as additional energy storage capacity is required. Additionally, a cap mechanism to allow the VRB-ESS of the present invention to employ an industry standard IBC container as a secondary electrolyte reservoir is disclosed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241644 | Battery casing - A battery casing, particularly suitable for a lead acid type battery, comprises a lid having a recess inset into a top surface, at least one vent at the base of the recess through which gas is expelled from the battery, a cover for sealingly covering the recess and defining a gas collection space within the covered recess, guide means for guiding the gas from the collection space away from the battery wherein the cover may be positioned in more than one orientation. | 2008-10-02 |
20080241645 | Lithium ion secondary batteries - Secondary batteries are provided in which the cathode includes LiFePO | 2008-10-02 |
20080241646 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery has a wound electrode assembly ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080241647 | CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A cylindrical lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode ( | 2008-10-02 |