| 05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
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| 20110027616 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence display device is provided. The organic electroluminescence display device includes plural organic electroluminescence elements. Each organic electroluminescence element includes: a lower electrode; an insulating layer having an opening, in which a lower electrode is exposed at the bottom of the opening; an auxiliary wiring; a stacked structure provided from a portion over the lower electrode exposed at the bottom of the opening to a portion of the insulating layer surrounding the opening, including a light emitting layer made of an organic light-emitting material; and an upper electrode. At least one layer of the stacked structure partially contacts the auxiliary wiring. The insulating layer and the auxiliary wiring are provided in common to the plurality of organic EL elements. The upper electrode covers the whole surface of the stacked structures and the auxiliary wiring. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027617 | Methods of Forming Strontium Titanate Films - Embodiments of the current invention include methods of forming a strontium titanate (SrTiO | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027618 | Fabrication of magnetoresistive sensors and electronic lapping guides - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for manufacturing an electronic lapping guide and a magnetic read head assembly. The magnetoresistive head assembly includes a sensing element that has a front edge and a front flux guide that has a back edge, such that the sensing element front edge and the front flux guide back edge share a common interface that defines an interface plane normal to the surface of a wafer substrate. The electronic lapping guide comprises a conductive material adapted to attach to two electrical leads for measuring a resistance through the conductive material. The conductive material may include a conductive material back edge aligned with the interface plane. The resistance of the conductive material may be inversely proportional to a conductive material length normal to the interface plane. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027619 | RADIATION-CURABLE VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a radiation-curable vinyl chloride resin composition comprising a vinyl chloride resin containing a radiation-curable functional group, and/or starting material compounds thereof, as well as a benzoquinone compound. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027620 | RADIATION-CURABLE POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a radiation-curable polyurethane resin composition comprising a polyurethane resin containing a radiation-curable functional group and/or starting material compounds thereof, as well as component C in the form of a phenol compound, and component D in the form of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a piperidine-1-oxyl compound, a nitro compound, a benzoquinone compound and a phenothiazine compound. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027621 | Instrumented fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface and one or more sensors configured to detect an operating condition of the device. Fluid-directing structures may modulate flow or retain fluid in response to the sensors. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027622 | BATTERY PACK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY PACK - A method of manufacturing a battery pack of a plurality of bare cells is disclosed. The method comprises: preparing a protective circuit module comprising N pads, wherein each pad comprises a first half pad and a second half pad, N is a natural number greater than 1, the plurality of bare cells comprises M tabs, and M is a natural number equal to N; connecting first through M | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027623 | Electrochemical device - An electrochemical device comprises a primary magnet and a secondary magnet for applying forces to magnetic entities of an electrolyte. The primary magnet is arranged to induce a magnetic moment in the magnetic entities and the secondary magnet being arranged to create a magnetic field gradient in the vicinity of the magnetic entities to control the magnetic entities. The electrochemical device may be a fuel cell such as alkaline fuel cell or a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027624 | Fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface, which may employ a surface energy effect to maintain a position of the fluid surface and/or to modulate flow within the fluid. Fluid-directing structures may also modulate flow or retain fluid in a predetermined pattern. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027625 | BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE BATTERY MODULE - A battery module and a method for cooling the battery module are provided. The battery module includes a housing having an electrically non-conductive oil disposed therein, and a battery cell disposed in the housing that contacts the electrically non-conductive oil. The battery module further includes first and second heat conductive fins disposed in the housing that contacts the electrically non-conductive oil. The first and second heat conductive fins extract heat energy from the electrically non-conductive oil. The battery module further includes first and second conduits extending through the first and second heat conductive fins, respectively. The first and second conduits receive first and second portions of a fluid, respectively, therethrough and conduct heat energy from the first and second heat conductive fins, respectively, into the fluid to cool the battery cell. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027626 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE ELEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An electrical storage element control system for a vehicle. The control system includes electrical storage elements electrically coupled to each other in parallel, switch devices, and a controller. Each of the electrical storage elements defines a total storage capacity and having a state of charge cooperatively defining a total stored charge, and is adapted to be in electrical communication with an electrical load and a power source. The switch devices are electrically coupled to the electrical storage elements such that each switch device is associated with a corresponding electrical storage element and is operable between connected and disconnected states. The controller is in electrical communication with the switch devices to selectively vary each of the switch devices between the connected state and the disconnected state to connect and disconnect one or more of the electrical storage elements relative to the load based on the total stored charges and relative to the power source based on the total storage capacities of the electrical storage elements. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027627 | Fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface, which may employ a surface energy effect to maintain a position of the fluid surface and/or to modulate flow within the fluid. Fluid-directing structures may also modulate flow or retain fluid in a predetermined pattern. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027628 | Instrumented fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface and one or more sensors configured to detect an operating condition of the device. Fluid-directing structures may modulate flow or retain fluid in response to the sensors. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027629 | Instrumented fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface and one or more sensors configured to detect an operating condition of the device. Fluid-directing structures may modulate flow or retain fluid in response to the sensors. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027630 | SEALED RECTANGULAR BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE USING SAME - A sealed rectangular battery excellent in volumetric efficiency and pressure resistance is provided. The sealed rectangular battery includes an electrode group having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and a cell casing for accommodating therein the electrode group and an electrolyte solution, which casing includes a rectangular frame member, a first lid member and a second lid member. Each of the first and second lid members includes a body portion for covering one of the openings of the frame member, and a side portion formed so as to protrude from the body portion substantially along at least one set of sides opposite to each other. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027631 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED BATTERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IT - A battery device having at least one battery and having at least one heating and/or cooling device temperature-controlling the battery. It is provided that the battery, submerged in an heating and/or cooling medium, is situated in a housing that accommodates the heating and/or cooling medium. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027632 | BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE WITH THE BATTERY PACK - An object of the present invention is to provide a high-reliability battery pack that is capable of exhausting the gas even when the quantity of the gas released from the cell is small, and to provide a vehicle with the battery pack which can improve the reliability. A battery pack | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027633 | Instrumented fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface and one or more sensors configured to detect an operating condition of the device. Fluid-directing structures may modulate flow or retain fluid in response to the sensors. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027634 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or a plurality of battery cells, and a detecting circuit that is used in common for the plurality of battery modules and detects a terminal voltage of each battery cell. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027635 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the invention includes: a wound-type electrode group including a long positive electrode, a long negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a prismatic battery case accommodating the electrode group and the nonaqueous electrolyte. A horizontal cross-section of the electrode group has a major axis and a minor axis. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed thereon. A tensile strength of the positive electrode when an elongation percentage in a longitudinal direction of the positive electrode is 1% is not greater than 15 N/cm. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027636 | BATTERY HAVING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL INSULATION CAPABILITY - Disclosed is a battery including a cathode and an anode wound to face each other with a separator interposed therebetween. Both surfaces of a cathode collector are provided with cathode active-material coating layers so as not to provide a cathode uncoated part at a winding beginning portion of the cathode. The cathode uncoated part for installation of a cathode lead is provided only at a winding ending portion of the cathode. An insulator tape is attached to the boundary of the cathode active-material coating layer facing the anode at the winding ending portion of the cathode. Providing the insulator tape to the boundary of the cathode active-material coating layer at a position where a non-coating part not containing the cathode active-material coating layer and an anode active-material coating layer face each other achieves enhanced electrical insulation capability and consequential safety of the battery. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027637 | Fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface, which may employ a surface energy effect to maintain a position of the fluid surface and/or to modulate flow within the fluid. Fluid-directing structures may also modulate flow or retain fluid in a predetermined pattern. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027638 | Fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface, which may employ a surface energy effect to maintain a position of the fluid surface and/or to modulate flow within the fluid. Fluid-directing structures may also modulate flow or retain fluid in a predetermined pattern. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027639 | Fluid-surfaced electrode - An electrochemical device (such as a battery) includes at least one electrode having a fluid surface, which may employ a surface energy effect to maintain a position of the fluid surface and/or to modulate flow within the fluid. Fluid-directing structures may also modulate flow or retain fluid in a predetermined pattern. An electrolyte within the device may also include an ion-transport fluid, for example infiltrated into a porous solid support. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027640 | BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE BATTERY MODULE - A battery module and a method for cooling the battery module are provided. The battery module includes a first battery cell and a cooling fin disposed adjacent to the first battery cell. The cooling fin has first and second headers, an extruded housing, and a flow diverter. The first and second headers are coupled to first and second ends, respectively, of the extruded housing. The extruded housing has a first plurality of flow channels and a second plurality of flow channels extending therethrough that fluidly communicate with the first and second headers. The flow diverter is disposed in the first header to induce a fluid to flow from the first header through the first plurality of flow channels in the extruded housing to the second header to extract heat energy from the first battery cell. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027641 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK WITH AT LEAST ONE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ARRANGED IN A HOUSING STRUCTURE - The invention is based on a rechargeable battery pack with at least one electrochemical cell arranged in a housing structure. The invention proposes that at least regions of the housing structure have a memory material, which can be plastified under heat absorption. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027642 | MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITE FILM WITH A THERMALLY STABLE POROUS LAYER AT HIGH TEMPERATURE - Provided is a microporous polyolefin composite film with a thermally stable porous layer at high temperature, particularly, to the microporous polyolefin composite film in which the thermally stable porous layer at high temperature, which contains organic or inorganic particles and heat-resistant polymer having aromatic ring in main chain and also having a melting temperature or a glass transition temperature of 170 to 500° C., is formed on one surface or both surfaces of a polyolefin microporous film by a phase separation, wherein the composite film with the porous layer has a permeability of 1.5×105 to 20.O×IO 5 Darcy, a meltdown temperature of 160 to 300° C., a MD/TD shrinkage of 1 to 40% at a temperature of 15O° C. for 60 minutes. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027643 | Button Type Cell Battery with Metallic Framework - A 1.5V Li-FeS | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027644 | BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A battery ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027645 | SEALED TYPE CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A cell assembly ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027646 | ANODE MATERIAL OF EXCELLENT CONDUCTIVITY AND HIGH POWER SECONDARY BATTERY EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an anode material for an electrode mix comprising a carbon material and a lithium titanium oxide (LTO), wherein a ratio of an average particle size of LTO relative to that of the carbon material is in a range of 0.1 to 20%, and LTO is distributed mainly on a surface of the carbon material. The anode material of the present invention can prevent excessive formation of a SEI film, and is of a high capacity due to a high energy density and exhibits excellent output characteristics and rate characteristics. Further, it has superior electrolyte wettability which consequently results in improved battery performance and life characteristics. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027647 | ANODE, BATTERY, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEM - A battery including an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution including a compound having a sulfonyl group and at least one peak of ions is selected from the group consisting of Li | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027648 | Three-dimensional microbattery with tricontinuous components - A three-dimensional battery architecture device comprising a porous substrate that has an aperiodic or random sponge network that forms the scaffolding of the first electrode (either cathode or anode) of a battery, a first coating deposited on the porous substrate, wherein the first coating is an electron insulating, ion-conducting dielectric material, and a second coating deposited in the remaining free volume, wherein the second coating is a an interpenetrating electrically conductive material that forms the second electrode (respectively anode or cathode) of the battery. A method of making a three-dimensional battery architecture device comprising depositing a first coating on a porous substrate wherein the porous substrate has an aperiodic or random sponge network and wherein the first coating forms the electrolyte of the battery and depositing a second coating on the first coating, wherein the second coating is a an interpenetrating electrically conductive material that forms the second electrode of the battery. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027649 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a positive electrode ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027650 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are a negative electrode | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027651 | OLIVINE-TYPE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, OLIVINE-TYPE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND LITHIUM BATTERY WITH THE SAME - The present invention provides an olivine-type positive active material precursor for a lithium battery that includes MXO | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027652 | LITHIUM BATTERY - A lithium battery ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027653 | NEGATIVE PLATE FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - Capacitor pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries include lead oxide, a carbon additive, and an aqueous acid. The capacitor paste contains lead and carbon in a lead to carbon mass ratio of about 5:1 to 82:1. Hybrid negative plates for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries can be made using such pastes in combination with traditional pastes. The hybrid negative plates include a capacitor paste on a bottom portion of the plate, and a traditional paste on the remainder of the plate. Batteries using the capacitor paste and hybrid plates exhibit improved performance over batteries with conventional plates and pastes and require less overcharge to prevent electrolyte stratification. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027654 | Low Conductivity Carbon Foam For A Battery - A carbon foam battery useful for electrical applications is disclosed which includes a relatively low conductivity low density high porosity carbon foam. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027655 | Electrodes Including Collar Stop - An electrode including structures configured to prevent an intercalation layer from detaching from the electrode and/or a structure configured to create a region on the electrode having a lower concentration of intercalation material. The electrode includes a support filament on which the intercalation layer is disposed. The support filament optionally has nano-scale dimensions. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027656 | ELECTROPHORETIC ASSEMBLY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - Methods are provided for making bipolar electrochemical devices, such as batteries, using electrophoresis. A bipolar device is assembled by applying a field that creates a physical separation between two active electrode materials, without requiring insertion of a discrete separator film or electrolyte layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027657 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode has an active material layer containing a material whose electric resistance increases at a high temperature, and the material is unevenly distributed in proximity to the separator of the active material layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027658 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CROSS-LINKED CERAMIC-COATED SEPARATOR CONTAINING IONIC POLYMER, CERAMIC-COATED SEPARATOR PREPARED BY THE METHOD, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides method for preparing a cross-linked ceramic-coated separator containing an ionic polymer, a ceramic-coated separator prepared by the method, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. According to preferred methods for preparing a cross-linked ceramic-coated separator, a coating material containing ceramic particles for improving thermal and mechanical characteristics, a functional inorganic compound for improving cycle characteristics and high rate characteristics of a battery, and an ionic polymer for bonding the ceramic particles and the functional inorganic compound on a porous membrane substrate is coated on the porous membrane substrate and subjected to chemical cross-linking. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027659 | MICROPOROUS FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a microporous film formed of a thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of (a) a polyolefin resin and from 5 to 90 parts by mass of (b) a polyphenylene ether resin; the microporous film having a sea-island structure with the polyolefin resin as a sea portion and with the polyphenylene ether resin as an island portion and having a air permeability of from 10 sec/100 cc to 5000 sec/100 cc. The microporous film does not break easily even at high temperatures and has good heat resistance. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027660 | POLYOLEFIN MICROPOROUS FILM AND ROLL - An object of the present invention is to provide a polyolefin microporous film that can sufficiently reduce the occurrence of raised edges at a slitting step such as a slitting step at the time of producing the polyolefin microporous film and a slitting step at the time of processing the polyolefin microporous film into a roll. The present invention provides a polyolefin microporous film formed from a polyolefin composition comprising a polyethylene, a first polypropylene having a viscosity average molecular weight of not less than 50,000 and less than 300,000, and a second polypropylene having a viscosity average molecular weight of not less than 300,000. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027661 | ELECTRODE ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ELEMENT, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode element contains a positive electrode active material and a second solid electrolyte. The positive electrode active material has an active material and a first solid electrolyte. Seventy percent or more of a surface of the active material is coated with the first solid electrolyte. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027662 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a cathode that stores/releases lithium ion at a potential not lower than an oxidation-reduction equilibrium potential between halogen ion and halogen; an anode that stores/releases lithium ion, preferably containing carbon; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution composed of a non-aqueous solvent having dissolved therein an electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains lithium halide or a halogen molecule. Instead of the non-aqueous electrolytic solution, a polymer solid electrolyte containing lithium halide or halogen molecule may be used. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027663 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - An additive typified by tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphate, tris(trimethylsilyl)borate, and tetrakis(trimethylsiloxy)titanium (Chem. 3) are applied to a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a chain carbonate and/or a chain carboxylate as a main solvent (contained at a ratio of 70 volume % or higher). It is preferable that 0≦a<30 is satisfied, in which “a” denotes the volume of a cyclic carbonate among carbonates having no carbon-carbon double bond in the entire volume, defined as 100, of the carbonates having no carbon-carbon double bond and chain carboxylates in a nonaqueous solvent contained in the nonaqueous electrolyte (0| 2011-02-03 | |
| 20110027664 | METAL-AIR BATTERY WITH IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY - A metal-air battery includes a metal electrode, an air electrode, and at least one of an ionic liquid and a deep eutectic solvent provided within the metal-air battery. The ionic liquid and/or deep eutectic solvent may be provided at one or more locations within the battery, such as in a liquid electrolyte, within a polymeric separator, blended within a polymeric material, within the structure of the air electrode, or elsewhere. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027665 | AIR ELECTRODE WITH BINDER MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR AIR ELECTRODE - A method of producing all or a portion of an air electrode for a metal-air battery includes forming at least a portion of the air electrode using a process selected from the group consisting of an injection molding process and a screw extrusion process. This process may be used to form a gas diffusion layer of the air electrode, and active layer of the air electrode, or both. The air electrode may use polyethylene and/or polypropylene as a binder material in all or a portion of the air electrode. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027666 | METAL-AIR BATTERY WITH ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS - A metal-air battery includes a metal anode including at least one of zinc, aluminum, magnesium, iron, and lithium. The metal-air battery also includes an ion exchange material provided within the battery for controlling material transport within the battery. The ion exchange material may be provided at one or more locations within the battery, including within an air electrode, within a material coupled to the air electrode, as a separate film or membrane, within pores of a polymeric separator, or elsewhere. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027667 | FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fuel cell of the present invention comprises a power generating cell (C), which has at least two surfaces, a fuel gas being supplied through one of the surfaces and oxygen being supplied through the other surface, thereby generating electric power, a cell holder ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027668 | HYDROGEN GENERATION FROM CHEMICAL HYDRIDES - A fuel source for a hydrogen generator is described. The fuel source includes a chemical hydride, at least one catalyst precursor and a hygroscopic salt. When one or more of the at least one catalyst precursor and hygroscopic salt contact water, a catalyst is formed for facilitating the generation of hydrogen from the chemical hydride. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRATING A PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL - A fuel cell hydration system comprising a first reservoir is provided. The first reservoir is positioned between a cathode supply and a fuel cell stack. The first reservoir includes corrugated regions positioned axially along the first reservoir to accumulate water discharged from a first fluid stream. The first fluid stream absorbs the accumulated water when an amount of water within the first fluid stream is below a water level to hydrate the fuel cell stack. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027670 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM A CHEMICAL HYDRIDE - An apparatus is disclosed to generate electric power from a chemical hydride. A fuel cartridge produces hydrogen by reacting a liquid with a chemical hydride. A fuel cell stack generates electric power using an oxygen source and the produced hydrogen. An electric power storage device is coupled with the fuel cell stack. The electric power storage device stores and supplies electric power. One or more liquid sources inject the liquid into the fuel cartridge at a variable rate. A controller calculates a liquid injection rate for the one or more liquid sources based on power demands of an electric load. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027671 | FUEL CELLS - A redox fuel cell comprising an anode and a cathode separated by an ion selective polymer electrolyte membrane; means for supplying a fuel to the anode region of the cell; means for supplying an oxidant to the cathode region of the cell; means for providing an electrical circuit between the anode and the cathode; a catholyte solution comprising a modified ferrocene species comprising at least one bridging unit between the cyclopentadienyl rings, the modified ferrocene species being at least partially reduced at the cathode in operation of the cell, and at least partially re-generated by reaction with the oxidant after such reduction at the cathode. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027672 | WATER RECLAMATION IN A MICROPOWER GENERATOR - A waterless power generator, particularly a waterless electrical power generator and a passively controlled process for producing electricity with a fuel cell using stoichiometric amounts of a solid hydrogen fuel and byproduct water vapor produced by the fuel cell to generate hydrogen gas. A fuel cell reaction of hydrogen and oxygen produces electrical energy as well as by-product water which diffuses back into the power generator as water vapor to react with the hydrogen fuel, producing more hydrogen gas. This generated hydrogen gas is then used as a fuel which allows the fuel cell to generate additional electrical power and additional water. The process runs without any attached water source or water supply other than the water which is produced by the fuel cells themselves. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027673 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRAL GAS TURBINE AND THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL ENERGY CONVERTERS - A maximal efficiency solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), gas turbine (GT) and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system is described. The anode exhaust of the SOFC is used to drive the GT component, and the waste radiative heat of the SOFC is used to power the TPV component, with all three components producing electrical energy. The turbine exhaust can further be utilized for process heat applications or additional Carnot heat engine applications. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027674 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There are provided a hydrogen production apparatus and a hydrogen producing method that can easily bring the temperature of a gas to be supplied to a preferential oxidation catalyst bed to a proper range without the necessity of flow rate control of a cooling medium, and a fuel cell s stem which is relatively inexpensive and can easily realize stable operation. The hydrogen producing method includes a reforming step of obtaining a hydrogen-containing gas from a raw material for hydrogen production by utilizing a reforming reaction, a shift reaction step of reducing the concentration of carbon monoxide in the gas obtained from the reforming step by a shift reaction, a cooling step of cooling the gas obtained from the shift reaction step, a heating step of heating the gas cooled in the cooling step and a preferential oxidation reaction step of reducing the concentration of carbon monoxide in the gas heated in the heating step, wherein in the heating step, the gas cooled in the cooling step is heated by heat exchange with the use of heat generated by the preferential oxidation reaction. A hydrogen production apparatus suitable for implementing this method. A fuel cell system provided with the hydrogen production apparatus. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027675 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING MODULAR DESIGN FEATURES - There is described a fuel cell power system including a fuel processor subsystem, a fuel cell subsystem, and a power conditioning subsystem. The fuel processor subsystem comprises a main module for producing hydrogen rich streams from a hydrocarbon fuel, a balance of plant module for auxiliary components, and a control and electronic module for monitoring and controlling the fuel processor subsystem. The fuel cell subsystem comprises a main module for generation of electric power and thermal energy from hydrogen rich streams produced by the fuel processor module and air, a balance of plant module for auxiliary components, and a control and electronic module for monitoring and controlling the fuel cell subsystem. Each module has individual components attached thereto, the modules being designed and manufactured separately and assembled together to form the respective subsystems. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027676 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LOAD FOLLOWING OPERATION OF THE SAME - Provided is a method of load following operation of a fuel cell system in which reliable reforming and the prevention of flow blockage and anode degradation are possible. Functions F=f(P) and P=f | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027677 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a fuel cell system provided with a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which is excellent in the power generation characteristics under high temperature and low or no humidity conditions. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027678 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a fuel cell apparatus ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027679 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system has a fuel cell stack and a controller. The fuel cell stack is formed by stacking cells. The controller executes first cell voltage recovery processing when the cell voltage of a first cell group, placed at each end of the fuel cell stack, is below a first lower limit voltage threshold and executes second cell voltage recovery processing, which is different from the first cell voltage recovery processing, when the cell voltage of a second cell group, placed at substantially the center of the fuel cell stack, is below a second lower limit voltage threshold. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027680 | Fuel cell system - There is provided a fuel cell system capable of improving the performance and operational stability of the fuel cell system by measuring the exact amount of flow of an oxidizer that is supplied to the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes a stack for generating electricity by an electrochemical reaction of a fuel and an oxidizer, an oxidizer supply device for supplying an oxidizer to the stack. A volume flow meter coupled to the oxidizer supply device. The volume flow meter measures a volume flow the oxidizer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027681 | PRESERVATION ASSEMBLY OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL STACK - A preservation assembly of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is provided. The assembly includes an uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and sealing units. The uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is provided with an oxidizing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through a cathode and a reducing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through an anode. The sealing units include sealing plugs or containers and are configured to seal the inlet and the outlet of the oxidizing agent passage within which an oxygen concentration has been decreased and to seal the inlet and the outlet of the reducing agent passage within which the oxygen concentration has been decreased. The uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is in a state before an assembled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is incorporated into a fuel cell system. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027682 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a portable electronic device including a fuel cell power system, including: a fuel storage tank for supplying fuel; a flat stack for generating electric energy using the fuel supplied from the fuel storage tank; a pressure control unit for controlling the pressure of the fuel supplied to the flat stack; a converter for converting the voltage of the electric energy generated from the flat stack; and a connector for transferring the electric energy converted through the converter to power terminals of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device has optimal efficiency and is compatible with conventional portable electronic devices. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027683 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Devices With Serpentine Seal Geometry - A fuel cell device assembly comprises: (i) a frame having a support surface; (ii) an electrolyte sheet comprising an electrochemically active area and an electrochemically inactive area, wherein the inactive area comprises a seal area; and (iii) a seal material interposed between and contacting at least a portion of the frame support surface and at least a portion of the electrolyte sheet seal area. The seal material has serpentine geometry. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027684 | DISPERSION COMPOSITION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING ION EXCHANGE RESIN - Problems to be Solved | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027685 | FUEL CELL COMPRISING MULTI-TUBULAR SUPPORT - Disclosed herein is a fuel cell including a multi-tubular support, including: a multi-tubular support consisting of a plurality of tubular supports which are concentrically arranged and have different diameters; a connection support extending from the innermost tubular support to the outermost tubular support of the plurality of tubular supports; and a membrane electrode assembly formed on the multi-tubular support or the connection support. The fuel cell is advantageous in that, since it includes the multi-tubular support, a reaction area is enlarged, so that the efficiency of a fuel cell is increased, thereby to decreasing power generation costs. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027686 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - A membrane-electrode assembly for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a proton-conductive composite membrane including a reinforcing sheet and an electrolyte membrane. The reinforcing sheet has through-holes extending in a thickness direction of the reinforcing sheet. The through-holes are provided in a portion other than an edge of the reinforcing sheet in an in-plane direction. An anode electrode layer is provided on one surface of the proton-conductive composite membrane. A cathode electrode layer is provided on another surface of the proton-conductive composite membrane. At least one of an edge of the anode electrode layer and an edge of the cathode electrode layer in the in-plane direction is arranged outside in the in-plane direction with respect to the portion in which the plurality of through-holes are provided. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027687 | ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, LIQUID COMPOSITION AND MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - It is to provide a membrane/electrode assembly excellent in the power generation characteristics under low or no humidity conditions and under high humidity conditions; and an electrolyte material having a low water content, suitable for a catalyst layer of a membrane/electrode assembly. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027688 | ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, LIQUID COMPOSITION AND MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - It is to provide a membrane/electrode assembly excellent in the power generation characteristics under low or no humidity conditions and under high humidity conditions, and an electrolyte material suitable for a catalyst layer of the membrane/electrode assembly. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027689 | Silver-copper-zinc catalyst for fuel cells and/or electrolyzers - Silver-copper-zinc compositions are employed as catalysts, e.g., for fuel cell and/or electrolyzer applications. These compositions have been experimentally tested in solid oxide fuel cell and proton exchange membrane fuel cell configurations. Such catalysts can be effective for both the anode and cathode half-reactions. A preferred composition range is Ag | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027690 | ELECTROLYTE FOR COST-EFFECTIVE, ELECTROLYTE-SUPPORTED HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL HAVING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH - Electrolyte for an electrolyte-supported high-temperature fuel cell includes zirconium(IV) oxide doped with from 3.5 mol % to 6.5 mol % of ytterbium(III) oxide. The electrolyte has a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) based on 30° C. of from 10.6*10 | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027691 | Polymer Membranes - The invention relates to novel organic/inorganic hybrid membranes which have the following composition: a polymer acid containing —SO | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027692 | PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - A method of manufacturing a proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a base material and having excellent proton conductivity and methanol blocking properties is provided. The method includes: heat-treating a precursor membrane including PVA and a water-soluble polymer electrolyte having a proton conductive group to proceed crystallization of the PVA; and chemically crosslinking the heat-treated precursor membrane with a crosslinking agent reactive with the PVA, to form a polymer electrolyte membrane in which a crosslinked PVA is a base material and protons are conducted through the electrolyte retained in the base material. The content of a water-soluble polymer except the PVA and the water-soluble polymer electrolyte in the precursor membrane is in a weight ratio of less than 0.1 with respect to the PVA. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027693 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A solid oxide fuel cell includes plural anodes and plural cathodes, which are alternately stacked on each other and have non-overlapping sections where the anodes and the cathodes do not overlap partially. The plural anodes are electrically connected to the first electrode, and the plural cathodes are electrically connected to the second electrode. At least between the anode and the cathode, the solid electrolyte is installed. Partitioning sections are disposed between each of the cathodes and the first electrode, and between each of the anodes and the second electrode. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027694 | Solid-oxide fuel cells with concentric laminating electrolytes in a nanoporous membrane - A solid oxide fuel cell with an electrolyte membrane having one or more layers with interfaces perpendicular to the surfaces of the membrane is provided. The layers can be deposited on vertical walls of holes in a nanoporous membrane until the layers fully fill the holes, thereby forming superlattices in the holes. The final shape of the superlattices in this example will be concentric, laminating layers as seen in a top view looking down on the membrane. According to one aspect, conventional electrodes can be deposited on both sides of the membrane for current collection and surface charge transfer reactions. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027695 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - A fuel cell separator is produced by forming a fuel cell separator resin composition including, as essential components, (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a curing accelerator; and (D) a carbon material, in which the content of the (D) is 50 to 85% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, in which the (D) includes high crystalline artificial graphite having an average particle size of 100 μm or more and less than 150 μm in an amount of 5 to 100% by mass based on the total amount of the (D), and in which the content of the (C) is 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the (B). The resin composition is excellent in electric conductivity and fluidity and contains little impurities, and can provide a fuel cell separator which is excellent in electric conductivity and dimensional accuracy, and has no fear of causing deterioration in performance of a solid electrolyte. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027696 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IONOMER AND PLATINUM DISTRIBUTION IN A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE - One embodiment of the invention includes a method including applying a first ink comprising carbon over a substrate and drying the first ink to form a first electrode layer, applying a second ink including a second catalyst over the first electrode layer and drying the second ink to form a second electrode layer, and applying a third ink comprising an ionomer solution over the second electrode layer and drying the third ink to form an ionomer overcoat. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027697 | Holographic Recording Medium - A composition for holographic recording is provided, comprising an inert polyphenyl ether binder capable of supporting radical polymerization, wherein the inert binder is substantially transparent in visible light, and is viscous at room temperature; a photopolymerizable part comprising a matrix forming component comprising at least one radically photopolymerizable multifunctional (meth)acrylic oligomer or monomer, and a radically polymerizable recording component; and a photoinitiation system capable of initiating radical polymerization. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027698 | Apparatus and method for repairing photo mask - An apparatus for repairing a photo mask, including a repairing atomic force microscope configured to repair a defective portion of the photo mask in a photo mask repair process, an electron microscope configured to navigate the repairing atomic electron microscope to the defective portion of the photo mask and to observe the photo mask repair process, and an imaging atomic microscope configured to image in-situ a shape of a repaired photo mask. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027699 | REDUCING ION MIGRATION OF ABSORBER MATERIALS OF LITHOGRAPHY MASKS BY CHROMIUM PASSIVATION - The deterioration of photomasks caused by chromium migration in COG masks may be reduced or suppressed by avoiding substantially pure chromium materials or encapsulating these materials, since the chromium layer has been identified as a major contributor to the chromium diffusion. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027700 | PELLICLE - A pellicle for lithography is provided that include a pellicle frame, a pellicle film stretched over one end face of the pellicle frame, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the other end face, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a bubble content of 10 to 90 volume %. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027701 | MASK BLANK TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, MASK BLANK MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND EXPOSURE MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method includes a preparation step of preparing a transparent substrate having a precision-polished main surface, a surface shape information obtaining step of obtaining, as surface shape information, height information at a plurality of measurement points on the main surface of the transparent substrate that contacts a mask stage of an exposure apparatus, a simulation step of obtaining, based on the surface shape information and shape information of the mask stage, height information at the plurality of measurement points by simulating the state where the transparent substrate is set in the exposure apparatus, a flatness calculation step of calculating, based on the height information obtained through the simulation, a flatness of the transparent substrate when it is set in the exposure apparatus, a judging step of judging whether or not the calculated flatness satisfies a specification, and a thin film forming step of forming a thin film as serving as a mask pattern, on the main surface of the transparent substrate whose flatness satisfies the specification. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027702 | HARDCOAT COMPOSITION - A hardcoat composition comprises (a) one or more epoxy silane compounds, (b) one or more epoxy-functionalized perfluoropolyether acrylate oligomers, and (c) photoacid generator. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027703 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK, REFLECTIVE MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A reflective mask blank includes a substrate, a multilayer reflective film formed on the substrate and having a structure in which a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer are alternately laminated, and an absorbing film stacked on the multilayer reflective film and adapted to absorb EUV exposure light. The absorbing film includes a phase shift layer adapted to give a predetermined phase difference to the EUV exposure light having passed therethrough and reflected by the multilayer reflective film with respect to the EUV exposure light directly incident on and reflected by the multilayer reflective film, and an absorber layer stacked on the phase shift layer and adapted to absorb and attenuate the EUV exposure light passing therethrough, either alone or jointly with the phase shift layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027704 | Methods and Scatterometers, Lithographic Systems, and Lithographic Processing Cells - In a method of determining the focus of a lithographic apparatus used in a lithographic process on a substrate, the lithographic process is used to form a structure on the substrate, the structure having at least one feature which has an asymmetry in the printed profile which varies as a function of the focus of the lithographic apparatus on the substrate. A first image of the periodic structure is formed and detected while illuminating the structure with a first beam of radiation. The first image is formed using a first part of non-zero order diffracted radiation. A second image of the periodic structure is foamed and detected while illuminating the structure with a second beam of radiation. The second image is formed using a second part of the non-zero order diffracted radiation which is symmetrically opposite to the first part in a diffraction spectrum. The ratio of the intensities of the measured first and second portions of the spectra is determined and used to determine the asymmetry in the profile of the periodic structure and/or to provide an indication of the focus on the substrate. In the same instrument, an intensity variation across the detected portion is determined as a measure of process-induced variation across the structure. A region of the structure with unwanted process variation can be identified and excluded from a measurement of the structure. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027705 | EPOXYSILANE HOLE BLOCKING LAYER PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes, for example, a substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an undercoat layer thereover, wherein the undercoat layer contains an aminosilane and an epoxysilane, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027706 | MELAMINE POLYMER HOLE BLOCKING LAYER PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes, for example, a substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an undercoat layer thereover wherein the undercoat layer contains an aminosilane and a melamine polymer, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027707 | SN CONTAINING HOLE BLOCKING LAYER PHOTOCONDUCTOR - A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, a hole blocking layer, a ground plane layer, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer, and where the hole blocking layer includes a SN containing compound and an aminosilane. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027708 | AMINOSILANE UREA CONTAINING HOLE BLOCKING LAYER PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes, for example, a substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an undercoat layer thereover wherein the undercoat layer contains an aminosilane and a urea resin mixture; a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027709 | FLUOROELASTOMER CONTAINING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - An intermediate transfer member that includes a core shell component wherein the core is, for example, comprised of a metal oxide, and the shell is comprised of a silica, which shell contains or includes a hydrophobic agent, and where the core shell is dispersed in or mixed with a fluoroelastomer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027710 | SELF EMULSIFYING GRANULES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF EMULSIONS THEREFROM - A process for making a self-emulsifying granule suitable for use in forming latex emulsions includes contacting a resin with a solid or highly concentrated surfactant, a solid neutralization agent and water in the absence of an organic solvent to form a mixture, melt mixing the mixture, and forming self-emulsifying granules of the melt mixed mixture. Self-emulsifying granules are also provided and configured to form a latex emulsion when added to water, which may then be utilized to form a toner. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027711 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner for electrophotography contains toner base particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive to be externally added to the toner base particles, and the external additive includes surface treated particles obtained by surface treating resin fine particles with a fatty acid metal salt. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027712 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure provides toner compositions able to prevent the formation of mold or bacterial growth during storage. In embodiments, toners may include at least one biocide that prevents the formation of mold and/or bacteria in a toner composition, including any emulsion that may be utilized in forming the toner composition. In embodiments, the biocide may also improve charging characteristics of the toner. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027713 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - The disclosure provides an electrophotographic toner including a binder resin; and a light absorber, wherein the light absorber includes a metal nanorod and a surfactant covering a surface of the metal nanorod. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027714 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - Toner particles are provided which may, in embodiments, include an additive package possessing both a silica that has been treated with polydimethyl siloxane and a titanium dioxide that has been subjected to a fluorine treatment. The silica that has been treated with polydimethyl siloxane has low levels of free polydimethyl siloxane. The combined additives provide toners with excellent charging characteristics and good blocking performance. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110027715 | DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A developer for forming an image on a transfer medium includes a toner having a volume average particle size of 3 to 8 μm, and a mixed carrier including a first carrier having a volume average particle size of 25 to 40 μm and conductivity that corresponds to a current value of 1.5 to 2.0 μA at application of 1000 V for 30 sec, and a second carrier having a volume average particle size of 35 to 60 μm larger than the first carrier and conductivity that corresponds to a current value of 2.0 to 4.0 μA larger than the first carrier at application of 1000 V for 30 sec. | 2011-02-03 |
