01st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160006011 | HEAT-RESISTANT POROUS SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a heat-resistant porous separator. The heat-resistant porous separator includes a porous substrate and a composite coating layer coated on at least one surface of the substrate. The composite coating layer is an interpenetrating polymer network structure formed by a hydrophilic polymer and silicon dioxide. A method for manufacturing a heat-resistant porous separator is also provided herein. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006012 | POLYOLEFIN MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator including: a polyolefin microporous membrane having a degree of crystallinity of from 60 to 85% and a tie molecular volume fraction of from 0.7 to 1.7%; and a heat resistant porous layer containing a heat resistant resin and provided on one side or both sides of the polyolefin microporous membrane. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006013 | Battery - A battery includes a shell, a core and a protection component received in the shell. The core includes a first electrode tab connected to a first current collector and a second electrode tab connected to a second current collector of the core. The protection component includes two insulating layers and a conducting layer disposed between two insulating layers. The conducting layer defines a first end electrically connected to the first electrode tab and a second end configured as a free end, and an outmost current collector of the core is configured by the second current collector. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006014 | BATTERY PACK - The present invention relates to a battery pack including a housing, a latch mechanism, a printed circuit board connected to electrical terminals, and an internal frame. The housing includes a first and second portion. The first portion includes openings that receive the latch mechanism and openings that receive the terminals. The battery pack also includes a latch cover that protects against water infiltrating between the openings and the latch mechanism, and a terminal cover that protects against water infiltrating between the first housing portion and the terminals. Water that enters the battery pack is directed to the bottom of the battery pack. The water is then drained through openings in the lower housing portion. The internal frame includes openings that secure batteries within the lower housing portion with the help of wedges that are positioned in between adjacent rows of batteries. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006015 | STATIONARY LEAD BATTERY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT METHOD - The present invention improves the performance of each lead battery, and simultaneously to establish overall balance, by inspecting the degradation state of each lead battery and performing the most suitable treatment while maintaining a state in which lead batteries are energized. This performance improvement method is for stationary lead batteries configuring a battery assembly which connects the terminals of the multiple lead batteries by means of a conducting plate, and involves a step for performing checks for inspection operations of the lead batteries, a step for measuring the internal electrical conductivity of each lead battery with the lead batteries still being in a normal use state, and a step for adding an electrolyte and purified water according to the state of each of the lead battery. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006016 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 3D-STRUCTURED THIN FILMS - The method for producing a stack of films provided with at least one 3D-structured pattern including providing a first mould having a textured front face including a first 3D pattern, depositing a first layer of the stack on the textured front face so as to cover the first 3D pattern by a continuous layer, the first layer having a first face in contact with the front face of the mould, removing the first mould so as to release the first face of the first layer having a second 3D pattern complementary to the first 3D pattern and depositing a second layer of the stack on the first face of the first layer so as to cover the second 3D pattern by a continuous layer. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006017 | FABRICATING METHOD AND FABRICATING APPARATUS FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a fabricating method and a fabricating apparatus for a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable charge characteristics and lifetime characteristics. A positive electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolytic solution in advance before a secondary battery is completed. In this manner, the positive electrode can have stability. The use of the positive electrode enables fabrication of a highly reliable secondary battery. Similarly, a negative electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolytic solution in advance. The use of the negative electrode enables fabrication of a highly reliable secondary battery. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006018 | ELECTRODE SURFACE ROUGHNESS CONTROL FOR SPRAY COATING PROCESS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A method and apparatus for fabricating energy storage devices and device components is provided. It has been found that spraying of slurries comprising electro-active materials onto a flexible substrate and subsequently exposing the substrate to an increasing temperature gradient leads to the deposition of a dry or mostly dry film having reduced surface roughness. The increasing temperature gradient may result from a plurality of heated rollers over which the substrate traverses wherein each heated roller is heated to a temperature greater than the previous heated roller leading to the deposition of a dry or mostly dry film having a relatively smooth surface with low porosity. Deposition of a dry or mostly dry film eliminates the need for large and costly drying mechanism thus reducing both the cost and footprint of the apparatus. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006019 | CARBON-SILICON COMPOSITE AND MANUFACTURING MEHTOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a manufacturing method of a carbon-silicon composite, comprising: (a) preparing a silicon-polymer matrix slurry comprising a silicon slurry, a monomer, and a cross-linking agent; (b) performing a heat treatment on the silicon-polymer matrix slurry to manufacture a silicon-polymer carbonized matrix; (c) pulverizing the silicon-polymer carbonized matrix to manufacture silicon-polymer carbonized particles; and (d) mixing the silicon-polymer carbonized particles with a first carbon raw material, and then performing a carbonization process, the carbon-silicon composite, an anode for a secondary battery manufactured by applying the carbon-silicon composite, and a secondary battery comprising the anode for a secondary battery. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006020 | COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a composite active material for lithium secondary batteries, which is capable of providing a lithium secondary battery that has large charge and discharge capacity, high-speed charge and discharge characteristics and good cycle characteristics at the same time; and a method for producing the composite active material for lithium secondary batteries. The present invention is characterized in that the composite active material for lithium secondary batteries is constituted by flat particles having generally any of a rounded disk shape, a flattened ellipsoidal body shape, or a broad bean-type shape; the flat particles include at least one structure in which particles of a battery active material capable of combining with lithium ions are sandwiched between folds consisting of graphite; the battery active material capable of combining with lithium ions has an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less; some of the folds consisting of graphite are inclined from a vertical axis direction to a flat surface in a cross section vertical to the flat surface of the flat particles, the some of the folds being positioned other than at a vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction in the cross section; and the structure in which the particles of the battery active material capable of combining with lithium ions are sandwiched between the folds consisting of graphite has an orientation that is generally parallel with the flat surface. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006021 | HIGH CAPACITY ANODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - High capacity silicon based anode active materials are described for lithium ion batteries. These materials are shown to be effective in combination with high capacity lithium rich cathode active materials. Supplemental lithium is shown to improve the cycling performance and reduce irreversible capacity loss for at least certain silicon based active materials. In particular silicon based active materials can be formed in composites with electrically conductive coatings, such as pyrolytic carbon coatings or metal coatings, and composites can also be formed with other electrically conductive carbon components, such as carbon nanofibers and carbon nanoparticles. Additional alloys with silicon are explored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006022 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A negative-electrode active material is used, the negative-electrode active material including: a nanometer-size silicon material produced by heat treating a lamellar polysilane having a structure in which multiple six-membered rings constituted of a silicon atom are disposed one after another, and expressed by a compositional formula, (SiH) | 2016-01-07 |
20160006023 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - Electrode materials comprising (a) at least one component of general formula (I) Li | 2016-01-07 |
20160006024 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-BASED BATTERIES - A negative electrode material includes an active material. The active material includes a silicon core selected from the group consisting of Si, SiO | 2016-01-07 |
20160006025 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more specifically to cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery in which the concentration of the transition metal changes gradually in accordance with particle growth, thus changing the oxidation number of the transition metal and improving the stability of the crystalline structure, and thereby notably improving the high-rate charging and discharging characteristics. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006026 | Doped and Island-Covered Lithium Cobaltite Oxides - Disclosed is a cathode active material and a method to produce the same at low cost. The cathode powder comprises modified LiCoO | 2016-01-07 |
20160006027 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a non-carbon-based anode active material for lithium secondary batteries, including: a core containing silicon (Si); and silicon nanoparticles formed on the surface of the core. The non-carbon-based anode active material is advantageus in that the increase in the volume expansion during charging-discharging can be prevented by the application of silicon nanoparticles, and in that SiOx(x<1.0) can be easily prepared. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006028 | METHOD OF PREPARING A VANADIUM OXIDE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Electrochemical cell comprising an anode and a cathode is provided. The anode and the cathode independently comprises or consists essentially of a vanadium oxide compound having general formula M | 2016-01-07 |
20160006029 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY BY USING SAME - A high-capacity non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of maintaining good cycle characteristics even in the case where large current discharge is repeated is provided. A positive electrode active material particle ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006030 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries disclosed herein comprises a lithium transition metal oxide of a layered structure, represented by formula Li | 2016-01-07 |
20160006031 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - [Object] Provided is a means which is capable, with respect to a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, of suppressing a decrease in capacity when the battery is used for a long period of time, and improving cycle characteristics. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006032 | Stoichiometrically Controlled Lithium Cobalt Oxide Based Compounds - A lithium metal oxide powder for use as a cathode material in a rechargeable battery, consisting of a core material and a surface layer, the core having a layered crystal structure consisting of the elements Li, a metal M and oxygen, wherein the Li content is stoichiometrically controlled, wherein the metal M has the formula M═Co | 2016-01-07 |
20160006033 | LITHIUM BATTERY - A lithium battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode. The cathode includes a first cathode active material layer including a first cathode active material on a first side of a cathode current collector and a second cathode active material layer including a second cathode active material on a second side of the cathode current collector opposite the first side. The anode includes a first anode active material layer including a first anode active material on a first side of an anode current collector and a second anode active material layer including a second anode active material on a second side of the anode current collector opposite the first side. At least one of the first cathode active material layer and the second cathode active material layer includes an ionically polarizable electrode material. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006034 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electrode active material, an electrode and an electrical storage device. The electrode active material includes a carbon material and has not less than 0.020 mmol/g of basic functional groups. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006035 | Olivine Composition with Improved Cell Performance - The invention discloses an olivine cathode material comprising Li, M and PO 4, having a non-stoichiometric composition wherein: —the phosphor stoichiometry PO 4:[(Li+M)/2] is between 0.940 and 1.020, —the lithium to metal ratio Li:M is between 1.040 and 1.150, and wherein M=Fe−x−z′ Mn x D z′, with 0.100, D being a dopant comprising either one or both of Cr and Mg. In one embodiment PO 4:[(Li+M)/2] is between 0.960 and 1.000, resulting in an even better performing material. Performance is improved even more in another embodiment wherein PO 4:[(Li+M)/2] is less than 1.000. Improvements in performance are also obtained for either an embodiment wherein the lithium to metal ratio Li:M is between 1.070 and 1.120; or an embodiment wherein the manganese to iron ratio Mn/(Mn+Fe) is between 0.25 and 0.75; or for another embodiment wherein z′<0.05. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006036 | CARBON MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL USING SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode material and a carbon material used in an electrode material that enable an electrochemical element to be obtained with high electrostatic capacitance. The carbon material according to the present invention is a carbon material that has a specific surface area of 750 to 3000 m | 2016-01-07 |
20160006037 | LIQUID-ELECTROLYTE FUEL-CELL ELECTRODES WITH SOLUBLE FLUOROPOLYMER COATING AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An electrode for a phosphoric acid fuel cell includes a phosphoric acid electrode; catalyst particles on the phosphoric acid electrode; and a fluoropolymer on the catalyst particles. Methods for making such electrodes using soluble fluoropolymer are also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006038 | NON-PUNCTURING FUEL CELL GAS DIFFUSION LAYER - A sheet of fiber carbon paper ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006039 | BIOCOMPATIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR - A supercapacitor to be submerged in a medium containing a biological material and an oxidant, wherein the anode comprises a first enzyme that can catalyse the oxidation of the biological material and the cathode comprises a second enzyme that can catalyse the reduction of the oxidant, and wherein each of the anode and cathode electrodes consists of a solid agglomerate of a conductive material mixed with the first or the second enzyme, said agglomerate having a specific surface that is larger than or equal to 20 m | 2016-01-07 |
20160006040 | DIRECT REFORMING CATALYST FOR MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING LONG-TERM STABILITY THEREOF BY WETTABILITY CONTROL ON MOLTEN CARBONATE ELECTROLYTE - Disclosed is a homogeneous catalyst having a single phase of Perovskite oxide, wherein at least one doping element is substituted at site A, site B or sites A and B in ABO | 2016-01-07 |
20160006041 | USE OF AN ANODE CATALYST LAYER - A method of operating a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, includes feeding the anode with an impure hydrogen stream having low levels of carbon monoxide up to 5 ppm, wherein the anode includes an anode catalyst layer including a carbon monoxide tolerant catalyst material, wherein the catalyst material includes: (i) a binary alloy of PtX, wherein X is a metal selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta, and wherein the atomic percentage of platinum in the alloy is from 45 to 80 atomic % and the atomic percentage of X in the alloy is from 20 to 55 atomic %; and (ii) a support material on which the PtX alloy is dispersed; wherein the total loading of platinum in the anode catalyst layer is from 0.01 to 0.2 mgPt/cm | 2016-01-07 |
20160006042 | SUPPORTED CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND FUEL CELL - An object of the present invention is to provide a supported catalyst for a fuel cell having a high activity, a method of manufacturing thereof, and a fuel cell including the supported catalyst for a fuel cell. A supported catalyst for a fuel cell of the present invention includes a conductive carrier and catalyst particle supported on the conductive carrier and contains platinum. The ratio of the mass of oxygen to the mass of the catalyst particle measured by using an inert gas fusion-nondispersive infrared absorption method is 4 mass % or less. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006043 | STANDBY ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - This invention relates to the formation of standby structural composite electrical energy storage devices, and a method of producing same. The device may be a standby battery or supercapacitor with first and second electrodes which are separated by a separator structure, wherein the device contains an electrolyte retained in a reservoir. The use of at least one valve allows the addition, removal of electrolyte fluids, and venting of any outgassing by products. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006044 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL - A separator for a fuel cell includes a thin metal plate, protrusions that are formed on the metal plate to be close to each other, and gas passages formed by the protrusions. Each gas passage has a first opening corresponding to an inlet and a second opening corresponding to an outlet. The gas passages include a first gas passage, which has a relatively low pressure loss of gas flow, and a second gas passage, which has a relatively high pressure loss of gas flow. The area of the first opening of the first gas passage is set to be smaller than the area of the first opening of the second gas passage. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006045 | Bipolar Plate for Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell and Method for Producing the Bipolar Plate - The invention relates to a bipolar plate for a fuel cell. The bipolar plate has a fuel side, an oxidant side, two individual plates and a coolant cavity arranged between the individual plates. At least one of the individual plates has at least one seal on the outer surface thereof. The individual plates are connected by way of at least one connecting seam. The bipolar plate is considered in that the at least one connecting seam does not intersect with or overlap with the at least one seal. The invention further relates to a fuel cell consisting at least one bipolar plate and to a method for producing the bipolar plate. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006046 | Elastomeric End Frame of a Redox Flow Battery - In order to improve the sealing between an elastomeric end frame ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006047 | SOFC STACK WITH INTEGRATED HEATER - An integrated heater for a Solid Oxide Fuel System is integrated directly in the SOFC stack, and can operate and heat the stack independently of the process. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006048 | Unknown - A fuel cell device having a fuel cell unit ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIR BLOWER FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A system and method of controlling an air blower for a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes determining an operation amount of an air blower to secure a sufficient air flow rate under present operating conditions and obtaining information regarding clogging of an air channel or information regarding a back pressure using the operation amount of the air blower. In addition, a maximum operating range of the air blower is changed based on whether a present state is an air channel-clogged state or a back pressure-increased state. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006050 | FUEL SUPPLY UNIT - A hydrogen supply unit is provided with an inflow block having an inflow passage for hydrogen gas, an outflow block having an outflow passage for hydrogen gas, injectors for adjusting a flow rate and a pressure of hydrogen gas, a secondary pressure sensor for detecting hydrogen gas pressure in the inflow passage, and a tertiary pressure sensor for detecting hydrogen gas pressure in the outflow passage. An inlet side of each injector is connected to the inflow passage and an outlet side of each injector is connected to the outflow passage. The hydrogen gas allowed to flow in the inflow passage is injected by each injector into the outflow passage and thereby reduced in pressure. Each of the injectors, secondary pressure sensor, and tertiary pressure sensor are held between the inflow block and outflow block. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006051 | SYSTEM ENERGY DENSITY IN A REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery (RFB) controllable by a battery management system and having an energy output has a volume of at least 2000 liters and an energy density of at least 10 w-h/liter. In one embodiment, the RFB maintains at an energy density of at least 10 w-h/liter for a minimum of 50 continuous full charge/discharge cycles or the equivalent number of operating hours without user input. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006052 | CHARGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT IN REDOX FLOW BATTERY STRING - A method of operating a redox flow battery string includes providing a plurality of redox flow batteries, each redox flow battery in electrical communication with at least one other redox flow battery, and each redox flow battery comprising an anolyte storage tank including a quantity of anolyte, a catholyte storage tank including a quantity of catholyte, and an electrochemical cell in fluid communication with the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks; obtaining an open circuit voltage value for each redox flow battery in the string; identifying a predetermined open circuit voltage value in the string; and adjusting the open circuit voltage value for each redox flow battery to correspond to the predetermined open circuit voltage value. A redox flow battery string system includes a plurality of redox flow batteries each redox flow battery in electrical communication with at least one other redox flow battery having an open circuit voltage value. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006053 | GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN A REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery includes an anolyte storage tank configured for containing a quantity of anolyte and an anolyte headspace; a catholyte storage tank configured for containing a quantity of a catholyte and a catholyte headspace; and a gas management system comprising at least one conduit interconnecting the anolyte headspace and the catholyte headspace, and a gas exchange device configured to contain or release an evolving gas from either or both of the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks to an exterior battery environment when an interior battery pressure exceeds an exterior battery pressure by a predetermined amount. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006054 | SINGLE CAPACITY BALANCING IN A REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A method of operating an all vanadium redox flow battery includes providing an all vanadium redox flow battery comprising an anolyte storage tank including a volume of anolyte and a catholyte storage tank including a volume of catholyte; an electrochemical cell in fluid communication with the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks; and a predetermined range for the ratio of vanadium concentration between the anolyte and the catholyte; and transferring an amount of catholyte from the catholyte storage tank to the anolyte storage tank, or an amount of anolyte from the anolyte storage tank to the catholyte storage tank, to restore the ratio of vanadium concentration to the predetermined range. An all vanadium redox flow battery system includes means for transferring anolyte and catholyte between the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks to maintain a predetermined range for the ratio of vanadium concentration between the anolyte and the catholyte. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006055 | PUMP TUB ASSEMBLY FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery includes an anolyte storage tank having a height configured for containing a quantity of an anolyte; a catholyte storage tank having a height configured for containing a quantity of a catholyte; an electrochemical cell configured for fluid communication with the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks; and a tub defining a cavity formed in at least one of the anolyte and catholyte storage tanks to provide a sealed fluid connection point below the height of the at least one storage tank. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006056 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is a fuel cell system and a method for controlling the fuel cell system. In the method, an external air temperature and a fuel cell temperature are monitored. When a vehicle having the fuel cell system mounted therein is keyed on, a shut-off duration of the fuel cell system, a maximum external air temperature for the shut-off duration and a maximum fuel cell temperature for the shut-off duration are calculated. A gas composition of a fuel cell at a key-on time is estimated using the shut-off duration, the maximum external air temperature and the maximum fuel cell temperature. An ignition condition of the fuel cell system is set based on the estimated gas composition. Ignition of the fuel cell system is performed based on the set ignition condition. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006057 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - Provided are: a power generation system that can generate electric power efficiently with a fuel cell; and a method for operating said power generation system. This power generation system comprises: a fuel cell including a plurality of unit fuel cell modules; a gas turbine; various lines for circulating fuel gas, air, discharged fuel gas, and discharged air between the fuel cell and the gas turbine; and a control device. The control device determines the number of said unit fuel cell modules to be operated on the basis of the required power generation amount, and operates the determined number of said unit fuel cell modules. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006058 | SIPHON BREAK FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERY - A redox flow battery includes a battery housed in a substantially closed housing having at least first and second internal containers, wherein the first and second containers are in fluid communication with each other, and wherein the first container is configured for containing a quantity of electrolyte and providing a gas headspace above the electrolyte; an electrolyte circulation system configured to circulate the electrolyte between the first and second containers; and -an anti-siphon device configured to prevent siphoning between the first and second containers. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006059 | DRIVING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A driving control system and method of a fuel cell system are provided. The driving control method includes determining, by a controller, when a fuel cell stack is in a water shortage, based on an oversupply of air to the fuel cell stack or a deterioration of the fuel cell stack. A diagnostic level is then assigned to the fuel cell system and at least one recovery driving mode that corresponds to the assigned diagnostic level is performed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006060 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of controlling the operation of a fuel cell system is provided. The method includes diagnosing a water shortage state in a fuel cell stack based on degradation of cooling performance and deterioration of the fuel cell stack and determining a diagnosis level of the fuel cell system based on the diagnosed water shortage state of the fuel cell stack. In addition, a regenerative operation is performed by selecting a regenerative operation mode which corresponds to the determined diagnosis level. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006061 | POWER CONVERTER FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power converter for a fuel cell is provided. The power converter includes a boost converter connected to the fuel cell and configured to control a load voltage at a predetermined magnitude in a normal operation mode and to induce an output response by applying a predetermined perturbation current to the fuel cell in a diagnosis mode, and a digital signal processor configured to extract an impedance parameter by detecting the output response of the fuel cell in the diagnosis mode, and predict a lifespan of the fuel cell according to the impedance parameter. The normal operation mode is configured to supply a voltage in response to a change of a load and the diagnosis mode is configured to predict the lifespan of the fuel cell. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006062 | ENERGY GENERATING UNIT COMPRISING A HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL STACK AND A VAPORIZING UNIT - The invention relates to an energy generation unit comprising a high-temperature fuel cell stack ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006063 | MODULAR FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack configured to produce an electrical output, power electronics circuitry configured to convert the electrical output of the fuel cell stack into a regulated output of the fuel cell module, module control electronics circuitry configured for communications within the fuel cell module and further configured for communications with master control electronics circuitry external to the fuel cell module, and a structure configured to connect together the fuel cell stack, the power electronics circuitry and the module control electronics circuitry as part of the fuel cell module that is unitary, and further configured for the unitary fuel cell module to be insertable as a unit into a multi-module system chassis. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006064 | HYDROCARBON-OPERABLE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention relates to an energy generation apparatus ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160006065 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING CASCADED FUEL CELLS - A power generation system including a first fuel cell configured to generate a first anode tail gas stream is presented. The system includes at least one fuel reformer configured to receive the first anode tail gas stream, mix the first anode tail gas stream with a reformer fuel stream to form a reformed stream; a splitting mechanism to split the reformed stream into a first portion and a second portion; and a fuel path configured to circulate the first portion to an anode inlet of the first fuel cell, such that the first fuel cell is configured to generate a first electric power, at least in part, by using the first portion as a fuel. The system includes a second fuel cell configured to receive the second portion, and to generate a second electric power, at least in part, by using the second portion as a fuel. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006066 | ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM - An improved system of hardware and controls, known as a Hyper Hub, that absorbs electric power from any source, including hydropower, wind, solar, and other renewable energy resources, chemically stores the power in hydrogen-dense anhydrous ammonia, then reshapes the stored energy to the power grid with zero emissions by using anhydrous ammonia to fuel diesel-type, spark-ignited internal combustion, combustion turbine, fuel cell or other electric power generators, and for other purposes. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006067 | ASSEMBLY FOR MAKING A FUEL CELL COMPONENT AND A METHOD OF USING THE ASSEMBLY - According to an example embodiment, a fuel cell component manufacturing assembly includes a support member that is configured to be situated adjacent the fuel cell component to provide support for the component. The support member has a perimeter corresponding to a perimeter of the component. A platen member has a configuration corresponding to at least a portion of the support member for being received against a portion of the component. A temperature of the platen member is controllable to achieve a desired temperature of a material situated adjacent the platen member. The platen member has a surface area that is less than a surface area of the component such that only the portion of the component is subject to pressure resulting from a force urging the platen member and the support member together with the component between the support member and the platen member. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006068 | COMPOSITE PROTON CONDUCTING ELECTROLYTE WITH IMPROVED ADDITIVES FOR FUEL CELLS - Additives can be used to prepare polymer electrolyte for membrane electrode assemblies in polymer electrolyte fuel cells in order to improve both durability and performance. The additives are chemical complexes comprising certain metal and organic ligand components. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006069 | Housing for a Fuel Cell Stack - A housing for a fuel cell stack is disclosed. At least one wall has, at least in some sections, a structure which reinforces the wall. At least in a region with a reinforcing structure, at least one fastening point is formed for fastening at least one fuel cell system component and/or for supporting the housing in an installation space. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006070 | FLEXIBLE SECONDARY BATTERY - A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a stack having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, and a fixing member fixing a first end portion of the stack, a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab connected to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, respectively, and a molding member surrounding a first end portion of the electrode assembly including the fixing member, and a connection region between the electrode assembly and the first and second electrode tabs, wherein positional variations of a second end portion of the electrode assembly are relatively large as compared to positional variations of the first end portion of the electrode assembly. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006071 | PREPARATION METHOD OF NON-RECTANGULAR LAMINATED CELL - The present disclosure provides a preparation method of non-rectangular laminated cell, which comprises steps of: preparing k kinds of laminated cell units, wherein there are at least two kinds of laminated cell units adopting different electrode plate assemblies which are different in shape and/or size; laminating the k kinds of laminated cell units. The preparation of the i-th (i=1, 2 . . . k) kind of laminated cell unit comprises substeps of: providing a laminated pack: the laminated pack comprises n | 2016-01-07 |
20160006072 | SECONDARY BATTERY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A secondary battery includes a first electrode assembly comprising a first separator in a serpentine form and first and second electrode plates that are respectively located on two surfaces of the first separator at different positions; and a second electrode assembly comprising a second separator in a serpentine form and third and fourth electrode plates that are respectively located on the second separator at different positions, wherein the first separator, to which the first and second electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the first and second electrode plates so that the portion of the first separator is located on the second separator, and the second separator, on which the third and fourth electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the third and fourth electrode plates so that the portion of the second separator is located on the first separator. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006073 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case, a positive electrode housed in the outer case, a negative electrode housed in the outer case such that the negative electrode is separated from the positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte accommodated in the outer case. The negative electrode comprises a current collector and negative electrode layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector. The negative electrode layer includes at least one main negative electrode layer which is formed on the surface of the current collector and contains a first active material, and a surface layer which is formed on the surface of the main negative electrode layer and contains a second active material different from the first active material, the second active material being a lithium titanium composite oxide having a spinel structure. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006074 | SOLID STATE CATHOLYTES AND ELECTROLYTES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. The device has a protective material formed overlying exposed regions of the cathode material to substantially maintain the sulfur species within the catholyte material. Also included is a novel dopant configuration of the Li | 2016-01-07 |
20160006075 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a secondary battery having high capacity and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, which is obtained by employing a positive electrode that is obtained by covering the surface of a positive electrode material with a polymer solid electrolyte composition using a polyether copolymer and an electrolyte salt compound that is a combination of lithium bisoxalate borate and another lithium salt compound. With respect to the positive electrode, the polymer solid electrolyte and/or the positive electrode material contains a compound that has a phenol structure wherein both of two ortho positions are substituted by a tert-butyl group. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006076 | ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed are an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium salt, organic solvent and an additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006077 | Lithium Ion Battery - A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. As a composition of an electrolytic solution, a composition ratio of ethylene carbonate (EC) is 20 vol % or more and 30 vol % or less, and a composition ratio of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is 36 vol % or more and 50 vol % or less, and a composition ratio η (DMC/EMC) of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) is 1.0≦η≦1.7. Furthermore, a composition ratio of an additive is 0.1 wt. % or more and 1.0 wt. % or less, and a concentration of lithium salt is 1.0 mol/L or more and 1.5 mol/L or less. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006078 | ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MODULE - The present invention aims to provide an electrolytic solution which restrains gas generation and has excellent battery characteristics. The electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent (I), an electrolyte salt (II), and 0.001 to 20% by mass of a compound represented by the formula (1) or the formula (A), | 2016-01-07 |
20160006079 | PREPARATION METHOD OF LAMINATED CELL - The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a laminated cell comprising: providing a laminated pack: the laminated pack comprises n laminated groups, the each laminated group comprises m electrode plate assemblies, a spacer is provided between the adjacent laminated groups, the electrode plate assemblies of all the laminated groups of the laminated pack and the spacers between the adjacent laminated groups are orderly positioned in a Z-shaped separator in a laminating direction, an upper part and a lower part of the separator adjacent to the each spacer are separated by the each spacer; forming a laminated cell: the separator is broken at an end of the each spacer positioned in the separator to allow the each spacer and the each laminated group to separate from each other, so as to obtain the corresponding laminated cell formed by the electrode plate assembly of the each laminated group and the corresponding separator. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006080 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE AS WELL AS DRIVE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - A device supplying an electrical voltage from a battery system includes a series connection composed of a first battery submodule supplying a first battery submodule voltage and at least one second battery submodule supplying a second battery submodule voltage, a first voltage conversion module receiving the first battery submodule voltage and converting the first battery submodule voltage into an AC output voltage to be supplied to an electrical component connected to the first voltage conversion module, and a coupling device electrically connecting the first voltage conversion module to the first battery submodule and to the at least one second battery submodule such that the first voltage conversion module receives a sum voltage composed of the first battery submodule voltage and the second battery submodule voltage. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006081 | MULTI-ELECTRODE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A multi-electrode device that includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a gate electrode situated between the anode and cathode, and having an electrolyte. The multi-electrode device can be a secondary (rechargeable) electrochemical cell. The gate electrode is permeable to at least one mobile species which is redox-active at at least one of the anode and cathode. The gate electrode has a resistance that is lower than that of a conductive non-uniform morphological feature that could be grown on the anode. The gate electrode provides the ability to avoid, recognize, and remove the presence of such non-uniform morphological features, and provides an electrical electrode that can be used to remove such non-uniform morphological features. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006082 | METHOD OF CHARGING A LITHIUM-SULPHUR CELL - A method for charging a lithium-sulphur cell, said method comprising: monitoring the voltage, V, of a cell during charge as a function of time, t, or capacity, Q, determining, in a voltage region in which the cell transitions between the first stage and second stage of charge, the reference capacity, Q | 2016-01-07 |
20160006083 | METHOD OF CHARGING A LITHIUM-SULPHUR CELL - A method for charging a lithium-sulphur cell, said method comprising:•determining the discharge capacity, Q | 2016-01-07 |
20160006084 | METHOD OF CYCLING A LITHIUM-SULPHUR CELL - A method for cycling a lithium-sulphur cell, said method comprising discharging a lithium-sulphur cell, terminating the discharge when the voltage of the cell reaches a threshold discharge voltage that is in the range of 1.5 to 2.1 V, charging the lithium-sulphur cell, and terminating the charge when the voltage of the cell reaches a threshold charge voltage that is in the range of 2.3 to 2.4V, wherein the lithium-sulphur cell is not fully charged at the threshold charge voltage, and wherein the lithium-sulphur cell is not fully discharged at the threshold discharge voltage. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006085 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack having a housing and a secondary battery inside the housing, and including a communicator that receives an instruction related to the secondary battery from an external communication terminal device via short-distance wireless communication and a controller that executes an operation in accordance with the instruction by using a status of the secondary battery. The external communication terminal device, by transmitting to the battery pack the instruction, which is related to the status of the secondary battery, acquires a response that is in accordance with the status of the secondary battery from the battery pack, thereby facilitating checking of secondary battery state. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006086 | Elastic Device for the Temperature Control of Battery Cells - A device for the temperature control of battery cells in a battery, particularly a battery configured as an energy source for the drive of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicles includes a contact surface for thermally contacting the battery cells with the device. The contact surface is configured such that the battery cells to be temperature-controlled are arranged on the contact surface. The device has elements below the contact surface that are elastically restoring such that, when a compressive load acting orthogonally to the contact surface is applied, the contact surface is lowered in the region of the applied compressive load. A restoring force acts against the compressive load. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006087 | Reduced Order Battery Thermal Dynamics Modeling for Controls - A vehicle includes a traction battery that is comprised of a number of cells. A controller operates the traction battery according to a temperature for each of the cells. The temperature is based on a number of coefficients representing a contribution of at least one cell boundary thermal condition and a heat generated in the cell to a steady-state temperature at a predetermined location within the cell. The contributions may be filtered to predict a dynamic response of the temperature to changes in the boundary thermal conditions and the heat generated in the cell. The coefficients may be derived from a full-order model. The resulting reduced-order model requires less execution time while achieving accuracy similar to the full-order model. In addition, a range of characteristic temperatures may be obtained for each cell. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006088 | BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES USING A PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL COLD PLATE - A thermal management system for an energy storage device that includes a liquid-cooled cold plate made of phase-change material changeable from a substantially solid form to a substantially liquid form upon absorbing heat generated by the energy storage device. The system may be useful as a thermal management solution for energy storage systems (ESS) in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV). | 2016-01-07 |
20160006089 | Potassium-Oxygen Batteries Based on Potassium Superoxide - Potassium-oxygen (K—O | 2016-01-07 |
20160006090 | MOLTEN AIR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - The present disclosure relates to rechargeable electrochemical battery cells (molten air batteries). The cells use air and a molten electrolyte, are quasi-reversible (rechargeable) and have the capacity for multiple electrons stored per molecule and have high intrinsic electric energy storage capacities. The present disclosure also relates to the use of such in a range of electronic, transportation and power generation devices, such as greenhouse gas reduction applications, electric car batteries and increased capacity energy storage systems for the electric grid. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006091 | Component for Oxygen Enrichment, Component Stack, Device for Obtaining a Fluid Enriched with Oxygen, Metal-Oxygen Battery and Motor Vehicle - A component for oxygen enrichment comprises at least one oxygen separation membrane formed flat with two edges running parallel to each other, the at least one oxygen separation membrane including channel side walls formed in a first side of the at least one oxygen separation membrane, running perpendicular to a surface of the at least one oxygen separation membrane and parallel to the edges of the at least one oxygen separation membrane to form at least one flow channel. A battery stack with two components for oxygen enrichment, and a battery connected to a battery stack is also disclosed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006092 | NONRECIPROCAL TRANSMISSION LINE APPARATUS WHOSE PROPAGATION CONSTANTS IN FORWARD AND BACKWARD DIRECTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER - When a phase constant in a first mode of propagation in the forward direction is β | 2016-01-07 |
20160006093 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An electromagnetic bandgap structure and an electronic device having the same are provided. The electromagnetic bandgap structure includes a first conductive element, a second conductive element and a planar inductive element. The planar inductive element is disposed between the first conductive element and the second conductive element. Furthermore, the planar inductive element is electrically connected to the first conductive element via a first conductive pillar, and it is electrically connected to the second conductive element via a second conductive pillar. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006094 | CROSS COUPLED BAND-PASS FILTER - [Problem] To provide a cross coupled band-pass filter that reduces a loss of a signal due to a dielectric loss and enables a resonance frequency to be easily changed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006095 | MICROWAVE-FREQUENCY FILTERING STRUCTURES - A microwave-frequency filtering structure includes two dielectric layers separated by a conducting layer that is etched in the pattern of a filter, the upper and lower exterior faces of the stack being covered over the larger part of their surface by a conducting plane constituting ground planes of the structure, which are interlinked by a metallization of the periphery of the structure; two identical devices, an input and an output transition device, each allowing the passage from a microstrip mode to a stripline mode and vice versa, configured so that the geometry of the transition device is optimized to minimize the standing wave ratios at the ports of the filter, and to minimize the excitation and the coupling of the TE10 mode, two conducting pillars perpendicular to the plane of the structure and situated close to its principal axis, without being coupled with the filter, and linking the upper and lower ground planes. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006096 | FILTERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FILTER CHARACTERISTIC - A filtering device includes at least one dielectric resonant element, which includes a dielectric block, an outer conductor, and an inner conductor, a terminal disposed in a through hole of the dielectric resonant element from a front surface, a plate-shaped circuit element electrically coupled with the at least one dielectric resonant element via the terminal, and a substrate on which the at last one dielectric resonant element and the plate-shaped circuit element are mounted. The outer conductor is disposed so as to cover the back surface besides the peripheral surface of the dielectric block. The first end surface of the dielectric block includes a first electrode-free portion that electrically isolates the inner conductor from the outer conductor, and a second electrode-free portion that electrically isolates the inner conductor from the outer conductor. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006097 | FILTER DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a filter device for suppressing ground bounce and electromagnetic interference. The filter device comprises a dielectric substrate, a signal transmission layer, a signal via, a plurality of ground vias, and first, second, and third metal layers. The signal transmission layer is located on the dielectric substrate, the vias and the first and second metal layers in the dielectric substrate, and the third metal layer underneath it. The first metal layer has a filter portion and a resonance portion. The ground vias connect the second and third metal layers and are disposed perpendicularly to them. The signal via, disposed in a via space defined by the ground vias, connects the first metal layer and the signal transmission layer. As a result, the resonance portion is able to reduce noise of a certain frequency band, the ground vias abate ground bounce, and electromagnetic interference is minimized. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006098 | WAVEGUIDE-TYPE IMAGE REJECTION FILTER AND SINGLE-SIDEBAND RECEIVER, FREQUENCY DIVIDER, AND SIDEBAND-SEPARATING RECEIVER USING THE SAME FILTER - An image rejection filter comprising a waveguide-type 90-degree hybrid coupler having an input port for receiving an input signal within a millimeter or submillimeter band, first and second output ports for dividing the input signal in two and outputting the divided signals, respectively, wherein the one signal deviates by a 90-degree phase from the other signal, and a branch port for outputting the signal; a pair of band pass filters: a waveguide-type first band pass filter whose one end is connected with the first output port and a waveguide-type second band pass filter whose one end is connected with the second output port; and a pair of radiowave absorptive terminations: a first radiowave absorptive termination connected to the other end of the first band pass filter and a second radiowave absorptive termination connected to the other end of the second band pass filter. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006099 | WIDEBAND TRANSITION BETWEEN A PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINE AND A WAVEGUIDE - A wideband transition of the present invention between a planar transmission line and a waveguide comprises a substrate, a segment of the planar transmission line, a conductive patch, an adjusting conductor plate and a section of the waveguide. The segment is arranged in a top conductor layer of the substrate. The conductive patch is arranged in the top conductor layer and connected to one end of the segment. The adjusting conductor plate is arranged in the top conductor layer or another conductor layer of the substrate next to the top conductor layer and isolated from any other conductor. The section is disposed above the conductive patch and connected to a conductor plane at the top conductor layer. Another end of the segment is a first terminal of the wideband transition. Another end of the section is a second terminal of the wideband transition. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006100 | METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL STRUCTURE WITH AIR DIELECTRIC AND RELATED ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES - A method has been described for making an electrical structure having an air dielectric and includes forming a first subunit including a sacrificial substrate, an electrically conductive layer including a first metal on the sacrificial substrate, and a sacrificial dielectric layer on the sacrificial substrate and the electrically conductive layer. The method further includes forming a second subunit including a dielectric layer and an electrically conductive layer thereon including the first metal, and coating a second metal onto the first metal of one or more of the first and second subunits. The method also includes aligning the first and second subunits together, heating and pressing the aligned first and second subunits to form an intermetallic compound of the first and second metals bonding adjacent metal portions together, and removing the sacrificial substrate and sacrificial dielectric layer to thereby form the electrical structure having the air dielectric. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006101 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE COMBINED WITH ELECTRICAL CABLE - A communication cable includes one or more conductive elements surrounded by a dielectric sheath. The sheath member has a first dielectric constant value. A dielectric core member is placed longitudinally adjacent to and in contact with an outer surface of the sheath member. The core member has a second dielectric constant value that is higher than the first dielectric constant value. A cladding surrounds the sheath member and the dielectric core member. The cladding has a third dielectric constant value that is lower than the second dielectric constant value. A dielectric wave guide is formed by the dielectric core member surrounded by the sheath and the cladding. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006102 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR CAMERA MODULE - A printed circuit board and a printed circuit board includes a signal transmitting part; a ground part that includes an impedance adjusting part and a dummy part; and an insulating layer disposed between the signal transmitting part and the ground part. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006103 | Controlling Coupling in a Filter by Aperture Design - A multi-mode cavity filter, including at least one dielectric resonator body incorporating a piece of dielectric material, the piece of dielectric material having a shape such that it can support at least a first resonant mode and at least a second substantially degenerate resonant mode; a layer of conductive material in contact with and covering the dielectric resonator body; and a coupling mechanism including at least one aperture in the layer of conductive material for at least one of inputting signals to the dielectric resonator body and outputting signals from the dielectric resonator body, the at least one aperture being arranged for at least one of directly coupling signals to the first resonant mode and the second substantially degenerate resonant mode in parallel, and directly coupling signals from the first resonant mode and the second substantially degenerate resonant mode in parallel. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006104 | A Multi-Mode Cavity Filter - A multi-mode cavity filter, including two dielectric resonator bodies, the first incorporating a piece of dielectric material having a shape to support a first resonant mode and second substantially degenerate resonant mode; the second also including a piece of dielectric material; the piece of dielectric material having a shape to support a first resonant mode; a layer of conductive material in contact with and covering both of the dielectric resonator bodies; an aperture in the layer at the interface of the first and second dielectric resonator bodies, for transferring signals from the second dielectric resonator body to the first, transferring signals from the first dielectric resonator body to the second and/or outputting signals from the first dielectric resonator body, the aperture being arranged for coupling signals to the first and second resonant modes in parallel, and/or coupling signals from the first and second resonant modes in parallel. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006105 | Multi-Mode Cavity Filter and Excitation Device Therefor - A multi-mode cavity filter, including at least one dielectric resonator body incorporating a piece of dielectric material having a shape to support first resonant mode and a second substantially degenerate resonant mode; excitation device(s) for at least one of: establishing an electromagnetic field external to, but immediately adjacent to, face of the dielectric resonator body or for extracting energy from an electromagnetic field located external to, but immediately adjacent to, a face of the dielectric resonator body, a layer of conductive material in contact with and covering the dielectric resonator body on the face of the dielectric resonator body: at least one aperture in the layer of conductive material for inputting signals to the dielectric resonator body and/or outputting signals from the dielectric resonator body, wherein the excitation device is located, in at least two dimensions, at an electrical centre of the face of the dielectric resonator body. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006106 | Filter - A cavity filter, including first and second dielectric resonator bodies, each incorporating a piece of dielectric material, each piece of dielectric material shaped to support at least a first resonant mode, at least one excitation device for establishing an electromagnetic field within at least a first dielectric resonator body or extracting energy from an electromagnetic field located within the first dielectric resonator body, a layer of electrically conductive material in contact with and covering a surface of the first and a surface of the second dielectric resonator bodies, an aperture in the layer of electrically conductive material for inputting signals to the second dielectric resonator body and/or outputting signals from the second dielectric resonator body wherein the at least one excitation device is arranged to directly excite the first resonant mode or directly extract energy from the first resonant mode in the second dielectric resonator via the aperture. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006107 | Glazing - A compact arrangement of antennas in a glazing is disclosed, which allows a plurality of antenna wires to be connected to an external circuit by a single contact. Parallel conductors, in direct current isolation from each other so that alternating current coupling occurs between them, are embedded at different depths in the thickness of a ply of plastic material. In plan view, conductors at different depths may be positioned closer to each other than in the prior art, so antennas connected to them are less obtrusive and may even be hidden completely under an obscuration band. Different widths of parallel conductor may be used. A thin antenna, connected to a thin conductor, may be positioned in a vision area of a glazing without impeding the view. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006108 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A planar conductor including a cutout that penetrates in a thickness direction and extends from an outer edge portion toward an inner side, a coil antenna magnetically coupling with the planar conductor by a magnetic flux passing through the cutout, and a fit-in member filled into at least a portion of the cutout and including a metal oxide film provided on at least a side surface portion thereof which is in contact with the planar conductor, are included. Thus, an antenna device which does not impair appearance while maintaining strength by using a metal casing, and a communication apparatus including the antenna device, are provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006109 | SLOT ANTENNA INTEGRATED INTO A RESONANT CAVITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - An electronic device case includes a conductive cap section and a conductive bezel section forming a perimeter outside the conductive cap section and separated from the conductive cap section by a bezel gap. A conductive ground plane section forms a perimeter and is positioned opposite the conductive cap section and the conductive bezel section. The conductive ground plane section is separated from the conductive bezel section by a perimeter gap. One or more components reside between the conductive cap section and the conductive ground plane section forming a resonant cavity including a ground plane resonant cavity portion between the one or more components and the conductive ground plane section and a substantially annular resonant cavity portion between the one or more components and the perimeters of the conductive bezel section and the conductive ground plane section. | 2016-01-07 |
20160006110 | STRUCTURAL TANK INTEGRATED INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - An apparatus is provided with a conductive bezel section and a conductive ground plane section forming a perimeter and being positioned opposite the conductive bezel section. The conductive ground plane section is separated from the conductive bezel section by a perimeter gap at the perimeter. A structural tank circuit is integrated with and connecting the conductive bezel section and the conductive ground plane section across the perimeter gap. Another implementation may include a structural capacitor or a structural inductor integrated with and connecting the conductive bezel section and the conductive ground plane section across the perimeter gap. | 2016-01-07 |