27th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140186641 | COMPOSITE OF METAL AND RESIN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A magnesium alloy part is inserted into a mold, a resin composition is injected and joined to the part, and a composite is obtained. A part having, formed thereon, a surface layer of a metal oxide, a metal carbonate, or a metal phosphate in use of a usual conversion treatment or a modification method thereof can be used for the magnesium alloy plate | 2014-07-03 |
20140186642 | DEGRADABLE FLOW MEDIUM FOR RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESSES - A flow medium for assisting a resin to be transferred into a mold accommodating a layered structure of reinforced material is provided. The flow medium is configured such that when the resin is cured the flow medium becomes incorporated within a final composite component comprising the reinforced material embedded within the transferred and cured resin. A semifinished product comprising such a flow medium is provided and a method for producing a composite component by utilizing such a semifinished product is also provided. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186643 | LIGHT WEIGHT GYPSUM BOARD - The invention generally provides gypsum-containing slurries including stucco, naphthalenesulfonate dispersant, and pregelatinized starch. The naphthalenesulfonate dispersant is present in an amount of about 0.1%-3.0% by weight based on the weight of dry stucco. The pregelatinized starch is present in an amount of at least about 0.5% by weight up to about 10% by weight of pregelatinized starch by weight based on the weight of dry stucco in the formulation. Other slurry additives can include trimetaphosphate salts, accelerators, binders, paper fiber, glass fiber, and other known ingredients. The invention also comprises the gypsum-containing products made with such slurries, for example, gypsum wallboard, and a method of making gypsum wallboard. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186644 | MOISTURE RESISTANT COATING - Some embodiments of the invention generally relate to a moisture barrier coating that is biodegradable and compostable. Some embodiments also relate to a coating that is dual ovenable. Such coatings may be used to increase moisture resistance and provide non-stick or release characteristics when applied to biodegradable and compostable disposable food packaging and food service items. In some embodiments, a plasticizer or an amide wax are added to a cellulose-ester, shellac, and rosin based coating to increase moisture resistance and reduce brittleness. In other embodiments, phospholipids or medium-chain triglycerides or increased levels of amide wax may be added to the either of the embodiments above to provide enhanced release characteristics. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186645 | MANUFACTURE OF BEND INSENSITIVE MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - A method of assembling a preform for a bend-insensitive multimode optical fiber (BIMMF), includes providing a multimode core rod, a glass overclad tube, and a trench tube of down-doped quartz glass with a depressed refractive index sufficient to obtain a desired trench depth in a refractive index (RI) profile of a drawn fiber. The core rod is placed inside the trench tube, and the trench tube and the core rod are placed inside the overclad tube to define the preform. A top end of the trench tube is formed to contact an adjacent part of either the core rod or the overclad tube so that the trench tube is suspended to hang from the adjacent part when the preform is vertically oriented, and a bottom end of the trench tube is restrained from sinking into a lower portion of the preform when the preform is heated to collapse. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186646 | COMPOSITIONS AND IMAGE MAKING MEDIA - The invention relates to compositions for forming an aesthetic image that is an work or object for display. The images are made from an image support medium of a compositions that generally includes a polymer in an amount sufficient to enable the image to have at least one aesthetic element. In different embodiments, the image support medium may be an image support stabilizer, the polymer may be a synthetic absorbent or conductive polymer, or the polymer is may be transparent or synthetic translucent polymer and a property of this transparent or translucent polymer is enhanced to facilitate the creation or preservation of the image by at least one stabilizer. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the composition and the image support medium. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a monomer in an amount sufficient to provide or enable the image to have an aesthetic element, and processing the reaction mixture into a 2- or 3-dimensional shape. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186647 | BROAD PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION POWDERS FOR FORMING SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL COMPONENTS - A raw material powder for forming a layer of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) article includes a broad particle size distribution (BPSD) defined by plotted curve of frequency versus diameter of the raw material powder may be characterized as having a first standard deviation including at least about 78% to at least about 99% of a total content of particles of the raw material powder. The plotted curve of the BPSD may also be characterized as having a first maximum value and a first minimum value, wherein the difference between the first maximum value and first minimum value is not greater than about 8%. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186648 | Method for Imprinting and Erasing Amorphous Metal Alloys - The present invention relates to materials, methods and apparatuses for performing imprint lithography using amorphous metallic materials. The amorphous metallic materials can be employed as imprint media and thermoplastic forming processes are applied during the pattern transfer procedure to produce micron scale and nanoscale patterns in the amorphous metallic layer. The pattern transfer is in the form of direct mask embossing or through a serial nano-indentation process. A rewriting process is also disclosed, which involves an erasing mechanism that is accomplished by means of a second thermoplastic forming process. The amorphous metallic materials may also be used directly as an embossing mold in imprint lithography to allow high volume imprint nano-manufacturing. This invention also comprises of a method of smoothening surfaces under the action of the surface tension alone. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186649 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coated article includes a metal substrate, a number of recesses defined in the metal substrate, and a plurality of sealing portions filled in the recesses. The sealing portions include metal, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, and inorganic oxide pigment. The metal includes aluminum. A method for manufacturing the coated article is also provided. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186650 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL PROFILES - The invention relates to the field of steel processing and steel production, in particular the production of steel profiles. The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a steel profile, the method comprising the steps of: providing a workpiece ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140186651 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING COPPER PLATED LAYER WITH ROUGHNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board having a copper plated layer with an anchor shaped surface and roughness by forming the copper plated layer having an anisotropic crystalline orientation structure using a plating inhibitor at the time of forming the copper plated layer serving as a circuit wiring and using composite gas plasma and a dilute acid solution, and a method of manufacturing the same. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186652 | PROCESS TO MANUFACTURE A METAL FOAM PROVIDED WITH CHANNELS AND METAL FOAM THUS PRODUCED - A manufacturing process for a metal foam provided with at least one channel and intended namely for the manufacture of heat exchangers using a preform of balls. A foundry core constituted by a central core and a coating of a material fusible at low temperature are arranged in a foundry mould, the preform is then tightly arranged around the core, the fusible material is then eliminated by heating at a low temperature, then the molten metal mass is cast in the mould in order to fill the free spaces between the balls and between the balls and the central core, and lastly the balls are eliminated. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186653 | TURBINE COMPONENT HAVING A LOW RESIDUAL STRESS FERROMAGNETIC DAMPING COATING - A turbine component having a low residual stress ferromagnetic damping coating. The ferromagnetic damping coating may include a ferromagnetic damping material applied in at least partially molten powder form, which may be directed at a surface of the substrate at an application velocity so that it causes partial plastic deformation of the surface while adhering to the surface of the substrate and solidifying in less than 3 seconds to create a ferromagnetic damping coating, resulting in a coated substrate. The ferromagnetic damping coating has a balanced coating residual stress, including a tensile quenching stress component and a compressive peening stress component. The balanced coating residual stress is within a range of ±50 MPa without having to subject the coated substrate to a high temperature annealing process. The resulting coated substrate exhibits a high damping capacity. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186654 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR STAINLESS STEEL AND HOUSING MADE FROM THE TREATED STAINLESS STEEL - A surface treatment method for stainless steel as a colorful and smooth housing includes the steps of: a base layer including titanium is deposited on the stainless steel substrate by multi-arc ion plating. An aluminum transition layer is deposited on the titanium base layer by multi-arc ion plating, and an outermost layer including aluminum is deposited on the transition layer by magnetron sputtering. The transition layer and the outermost layer are anodized to form an anodic aluminum oxide film; and the anodic aluminum oxide film is sealed after being dyed. An article manufactured by the method is also provided. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186655 | PRESS HARDENED PARTS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention is to produce press hardened parts having excellent properties while avoiding a peeling of a plated layer or an intergranular cracking of a base material during a press forming, in such a manner that when a surface-treated steel sheet in which a Zn—Fe-based plated layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet is manufactured by a press hardening process, the forming is started after the surface-treated steel sheet is heated to a temperature that is not lower than an Ac | 2014-07-03 |
20140186656 | Spallation-Resistant Thermal Barrier Coating - A coated article has: a metallic substrate; a bondcoat; and a thermal barrier coating (TBC). The bondcoat has an MCrAlY first layer and an MCrAlY second layer, the second layer having a lower Cr content than the first layer. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186657 | STORAGE SCREENS FOR MEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY - The present invention concerns a method for the treatment of stimulable phosphors and/or screens for use in diagnosis, in particular medical radiography. The method comprises subjecting the stimulable phosphors and/or screens to an epoxide containing gaseous compound, promptly following their manufacture. By applying the method according to the invention yellowing of the stimulable phosphors and/or screens is prevented in a safe and efficient manner; thereby the disadvantages known as such resulting from such yellowing will not occur. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186658 | Interlayer comprising chromium-containing alloy - An apparatus and method are provided for improving perpendicular magnetic recording media. The present invention provides media, and a method of fabricating media in a cost-effective manner, with a reduced ruthenium (Ru) content interlayer structure, while meeting media performance requirements. A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is provided comprising a non-magnetic substrate having a surface, and a layer stack situated on the substrate surface. The layer stack comprises, in overlying sequence from the substrate surface a magnetically soft underlayer; an amorphous or crystalline, non-magnetic seed layer; an interlayer structure for crystallographically orienting a layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording material situated on the underlayer; and at least one crystallographically oriented, magnetically hard, perpendicular magnetic recording layer situated on the interlayer structure. The interlayer structure is a stacked structure comprising, in overlying sequence: a chromium alloy situated on the seed layer; and an upper interlayer situated on the chromium alloy. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186659 | HYBRID BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A disclosed energy storage system for an application having an energy requirement and a power requirement may include a first component configured to provide the energy requirement of the application and a second component configured to provide the power requirement of the application. At least one of a volume, mass, weight, or cost of the combination of the first component and the second component may be less than a volume, mass, weight, or cost needed for either the first component or the second component to provide the energy requirement and the power requirement of the application. An anode of the second component may comprise lithium titanate. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186660 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WEB FOR USE IN A LEAD-ACID BATTERY - The present invention relates to a multifunctional web for use in a lead-acid battery comprising natural fibres and heat-sealable fibres, the use of the multifunctional web in a lead-acid battery, a lead plate comprising a metal grid coated with a lead paste contacting the multifunctional web, a method of preparing the lead plate and a lead-acid battery assembly comprising the lead plate. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186661 | 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. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186662 | BUS BAR CASE, ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE - A bus bar case includes a bus bar holding portion unifying and holding a plurality of bus bars for electrically connecting adjacent cells of a plurality of cells arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the cells having a gas discharge valve, and a hose holding portion provided integrally with the bus bar holding portion and holding an exhaust gas hose for directing gas discharged through the gas discharge valve in the predetermined direction, the gas discharge valve being provided for each of the plurality of cells, wherein the hose holding portion has a recess portion forming a space for passing the exhaust gas hose between the hose holding portion and an upper face of the cell when the plurality of bus bars held by the bus bar holding portion are fixed to the plurality of cells. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186663 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE - To provide a highly reliable power storage device, to improve the security of a power storage device, and to suppress deterioration of a power storage device, a power storage device includes, inside an exterior material, a positive electrode, a negative electrode facing the positive electrode, an electrolyte solution between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an adsorbent. A separation body which is impermeable to the electrolyte solution and permeable to a gas is provided between the electrolyte solution and the adsorbent. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186664 | SAFETY APPARATUS OF BATTERY MODULE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a safety apparatus of a battery module for a vehicle. The apparatus includes a plurality of cell terminals which includes an anode terminal and a cathode terminal of a battery cell and the cell terminals are disposed diagonally adjacent to each other. In addition, the apparatus includes a safety bus bar that is configured to electrically connect the plurality of cell terminals, and maintain the electrical connection when the battery cell is not expanded and open a circuit to prevent electricity from flowing when the battery cell is expanded. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186665 | BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system includes a battery cell including a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, and a conductive battery case, a first resistor including a first end which is electrically connected to the first electrode terminal and a second end which is electrically connected to the battery case, a voltmeter, a second resistor, a switch, and a control. When the switch is controlled to be changed from an off state to an on state to electrically connect the second resistor between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal or when the switch is controlled to be changed from the on state to the off state to electrically disconnect the second resistor between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, the control device monitors a change in the voltage to determine whether the first resistor is electrically connected to the battery case. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186666 | Modular CID Assembly for a Lithium Ion Battery - A modular current interrupt device includes an electrically-conductive rupture disc, an electrically-conductive pressure disc attached to the rupture disc to form an electrical pathway. An electrically-insulating ring partitions a perimeter of the rupture disc from a perimeter of the pressure disc, and a seating element secures the electrically-insulated ring to the pressure disc. At least one of the rupture disc and electrically-insulating ring defines a conduit, whereby exposure of one side of the pressure disc to sufficient force through the conduit causes the pressure disc to separate from the rupture disc to thereby sever the electrical pathway. A low pressure current interrupt device (CID) activates at a minimal threshold internal gauge pressure in a range of, for example, between about 4 kg/cm | 2014-07-03 |
20140186667 | BATTERY PACK OF IMPROVED SAFETY - Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a power supply unit including two or more battery cells or battery modules electrically connected to each other, a cut-off portion located at at least one series connection region between the battery cells or modules to interrupt electrical connection in the battery pack upon occurrence of a short circuit of the battery cells or modules guided by a pressure driven switch, the pressure driven switch connected in parallel to the battery cells or modules at which the cut-off portion is located to detect expansion in volume of the battery cells or modules when the power supply unit malfunctions and to guide occurrence of a short circuit of the battery cells or modules, and external input and output terminals connected to electrode terminals located at outermost sides of the power supply unit to supply power to an external device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186668 | FIRE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS FOR A BATTERY PACK - Disclosed is an apparatus capable of suppressing a fire of a battery pack when a fire occurs at the battery pack. The fire suppression apparatus includes a fire detection sensor for detecting the probability of fire occurrence at a battery pack, a fire-extinguishing chemical tank containing a fire-extinguishing chemical in an inner space therein, and a control unit for allowing the fire-extinguishing chemical of the fire-extinguishing chemical tank into the battery pack when fire occurrence is detected by the fire detection sensor. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186669 | POLYMERIZED LITHIUM ION BATTERY CELLS AND MODULES WITH OVERMOLDED HEAT SINKS - A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery cell includes a prismatic housing that includes four sides formed by side walls coupled to and extending from a bottom portion of the housing. The housing is configured to receive and hold a prismatic Li-ion electrochemical cell element. The housing includes an electrically nonconductive polymeric (e.g., plastic) material. Additionally, a heat sink is overmolded by the polymeric material of the housing, such that the heat sink is retained in an outer portion of the sides of the housing and the heat sink is exposed along the bottom portion of the housing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186670 | SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING INSULATOR - Disclosed is a secondary battery having a structure in which a jelly-roll having a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a cylindrical battery case, wherein a plate-shaped insulator mounted on top of the jelly-roll includes a perforated inlet enabling gas discharge and penetration of electrode terminals, a plurality of fine pores having a size that allows permeation of an electrolyte solution, but does not allow permeation of foreign materials, and a plurality of strip or bead shaped protrusions disposed in transverse and/or longitudinal directions on one or both surfaces of the insulator. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186671 | SECONDARY CELL - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a secondary cell, comprising the steps of: disposing two sheets of separators ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140186672 | CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising: a core for supplying lithium ions, which comprises an electrolyte; an inner electrode, comprising an open-structured inner current collector surrounding the outer surface of the core, and an inner electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the inner current collector; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and an outer electrode surrounding the outer surface of the separation layer and comprising an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186673 | CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Provided is a cable-type secondary battery having a predetermined-shaped horizontal cross section and extending in a longitudinal direction, which includes a hollow core portion having a gel polymer electrolyte injected thereinto, an inner electrode which includes an inner current collector surrounding an outer surface of the hollow core portion and an inner electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the inner current collector, a separation layer surrounding an outer surface of the inner electrode, an outer electrode which includes an outer electrode active material layer surrounding an outer surface of the separation layer and an outer current collector surrounding an outer surface of the outer electrode active material layer, and a protective coating layer. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186674 | Arrangement for Securing an Energy Storage Module on a Module Support - The invention relates to an arrangement comprising an energy storage module, a module carrier, particularly a vehicle body, and a ball lock bolt for fastening the energy storage module on the module carrier. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186675 | COOLING JACKET FOR BATTERY PACK - A cooling jacket for a battery pack includes a first half and a second half. The first half and the second half are substantially identical and flip-ably connected to each other. A channel is provided in between the first half and the second half. Further, a coolant flows in the channel provided between the first half and the second half. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186676 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - An electrical storage device includes a housing structure having battery unit housing portions each for housing a battery unit and an attaching object, a plurality of connectors attached to the attaching object, and conductive members connecting between the connectors. The connectors are attached to the attaching object on the battery unit housing portion side. The conductive members connect between the adjacent ones of the connectors on the battery unit housing portion side. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186677 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction, the plurality of battery cells in the at least one battery module being electrically connected to one another, and a housing surrounding the at least one battery module. The housing may include an inlet in a first surface of the housing, the first surface being opposite to a side surface of a battery module at one end of the housing, and an outlet in a second surface of the housing, the second surface being opposite to the inlet. The battery pack may also include a sealing member that extends along an edge portion of the side surface of the battery module at the one end of the housing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186678 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CELL STRUCTURE - A lithium secondary battery that has a battery cell structure, with improved electrochemical stability between an electrode and an electrolyte. In addition, the lithium secondary battery improves ion conductivity while applying a solid electrolyte. More specifically, a lithium secondary battery comprising a separator formed by an electrolyte between the cathode and the anode, wherein a composite coated layer of lithium-lanthanum-titanate (Li | 2014-07-03 |
20140186679 | SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - A shape memory polymer material composition comprises: (1) a plurality of inorganic core nanoparticles as netpoints to which is connected; (2) a switching segment that comprises a polymer network. The polymer network comprises: (1) a corona component bonded to each inorganic core nanoparticle through a first chemical linkage; (2) a canopy component bonded to each corona component through a second chemical linkage; and (3) a plurality of cross-linking components cross-linking between different canopy components through a third chemical linkage. Given various selections for the inorganic core nanoparticles, the corona component, the canopy component, the cross-linking component, the first chemical linkage, the second chemical linkage and the third chemical linkage, various performance and composition characteristics of the shape memory polymer material compositions may be readily tailored. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186680 | SEPARATOR AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided is a separator including a porous substrate having a plurality of pores, and a porous coating layer provided on at least one surface of the porous substrate and formed from a mixture of plural inorganic particles and a binder polymer, in which the binder polymer is a result of a curing reaction of an acryl-based copolymer and an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent, and the acryl-based copolymer is a copolymer including (a) a first monomer unit with a tertiary amine group, (b) a second monomer unit with at least one functional group selected from an amine group other than a tertiary amine group, an amide group, a cyano group, and an imide group, (c) a third monomer unit of (meth)acrylate with a carboxyl group, (d) a fourth monomer unit of (meth)acrylate with a hydroxyl group, and (e) a fifth monomer unit of (meth)acrylate with an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, and an electrochemical device comprising the same. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186681 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE WITH IMPROVED CYCLE CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed is an electrochemical device. The electrochemical device includes: (a) a composite separator including a porous substrate, a first porous coating layer coated on one surface of the porous substrate, and a second porous coating layer coated on the other surface of the porous substrate; (b) an anode disposed to face the first porous coating layer; and (c) a cathode disposed to face the second porous coating layer. The first and second porous coating layers are each independently composed of a mixture including inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The first porous coating layer is thicker than the second porous coating layer. The electrochemical device has good thermal stability and improved cycle characteristics. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186682 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. An insulating layer is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The insulating layer contains at least one type of hydrogen carbonate selected from a sodium hydrogen carbonate and a potassium hydrogen carbonate. The hydrogen carbonate has an average particle size of 2 to 20 μm. A content of the hydrogen carbonate is 5 to 80 vol % of the total volume of the insulating layer. The insulating layer has a thickness of 4 to 40 μm. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186683 | WELDING TECHNIQUES FOR POLYMERIZED LITHIUM ION BATTERY CELLS AND MODULES - A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery cell includes a housing. The housing includes side walls coupled to and extending from a first portion of the housing to form an opening in the housing opposite the first portion of the housing. The housing includes an electrically nonconductive polymeric (e.g., plastic) material. An electrochemical cell element is disposed in the housing and immersed in electrolyte that is also disposed in the housing. The Li-ion battery cell also includes a cover including an electrically nonconductive polymeric material. The cover is disposed over the opening in the housing and sealed to the housing via a seal. The seal is configured to resist or prevent ingress of moisture into the housing and to resist or prevent egress of the electrolyte from the housing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186684 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An electrochemical cell is presented. The cell includes a housing formed of a metallic material. A component is disposed within an anode compartment of the cell that contains an alkali metal. The component comprises a sacrificial metal that has an oxidation potential less than the oxidation potential of the housing material. An energy storage device including such an electrochemical cell is also provided. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186685 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY OF STAIR-LIKE STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case of a secondary battery. The electrode assembly is configured to have a structure in which a cathode and an anode are stacked in a state in which a separator plate is disposed between the cathode and the anode. The electrode assembly includes an even number of unit cells, each of the unit cells having a structure in which the uppermost electrode plate and the lowermost electrode plate have the same polarity. The electrode assembly has a stair-like structure. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186686 | NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY AND SEPARATOR - A secondary battery in which convection in an electrolyte solution occurs easily is provided. A secondary battery whose electrolyte solution can be replaced is provided. A nonaqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, and the separator includes grooves capable of making convection in the electrolyte solution occur easily. The nonaqueous secondary battery has at least one expected installation direction, and the grooves in the separator are preferably formed so as to be perpendicular to an expected installation surface. The exterior body includes a first opening for injection of an inert gas into the exterior body and a second opening for expelling or injection of an electrolyte solution from or into the exterior body. An electrolyte solution replacement apparatus has a function of injecting the inert gas through the first opening and expelling or injecting the electrolyte solution through the second opening. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186687 | POLYMERIZED LITHIUM ION BATTERY CELLS AND MODULES WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT FEATURES - A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery module includes a container with one or more partitions that define compartments within the container. Each of the compartments is configured to receive and hold a prismatic Li-ion electrochemical cell element, and a cover is configured to be disposed over the container to close the compartments. The container includes a polymer blend including a base polymer and one or more additives blended into the base polymer. The base polymer is electrically nonconductive and the one or more additives are configured to increase a thermal conductivity of the container to promote transfer of heat generated from the electrochemical cell elements through the container. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186688 | SEALING MEMBER CAP, ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - A sealing member cap, which is to be inserted into a through hole of a cell case of an electric storage device together with a sealing member, includes an insertion portion. The insertion portion has a column shape and includes a recess into which the sealing member is inserted. The insertion portion includes a body section and a large cross-section section. The body section is located in the through hole when the sealing member cap is inserted into the through hole. The large cross-section section is located inside the cell case when the sealing member cap is inserted into the through hole. The recess is larger in cross-sectional area in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of the insertion portion at the large cross-section section than at the body section. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186689 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate covering the case; and an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the cap plate includes at least one bending induction groove at a periphery of a central portion of the cap plate in a region between an edge and the central portion of the cap plate. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186690 | METAL RINGS FOR ACTIVE BRAZING IN SODIUM-BASED THERMAL BATTERIES - The present application provides for metal rings and ceramic collars for active brazing in sodium-based thermal batteries. The metal rings may be outer and inner Ni rings configured for sealing to an alpha-alumina collar via active brazing for use in NaMx cells. The inner and outer Ni metal rings may be sealed to differing portions of the alpha-alumina collar. The portions of the outer and inner Ni rings active brazed to the alpha-alumina collar may define a tapered thickness that reduces internal stresses at the active brazed joints resulting from differing coefficients of thermal expansion between the Ni metal rings and the alpha-alumina collar. The portions of the outer and inner Ni rings and alpha-alumina collar sealed by active brazing, and thereby the active braze joints themselves, may be oriented to control or dictate the stresses on the joints during use. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186691 | CERAMIC COLLARS FOR ACTIVE BRAZING IN SODIUM-BASED THERMAL BATTERIES - The present application provides for ceramic collars and metal rings for active brazing in sodium-based thermal batteries. The ceramic collar may be an alpha-alumina collar configured for active brazing, and thereby sealing, to outer and inner Ni rings for use in NaMx cells. The portions of the alpha-alumina collar active brazed to the outer and inner Ni rings may be outwardly facing and include inwardly extending recesses. The portions of the outer and inner Ni rings active brazed to the outwardly facing portions of the collar may be inwardly facing. The alpha-alumina collar may include a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than each of the outer and inner Ni rings, and the alpha-alumina collar and outer and inner Ni rings may be configured such that a portion of the outer and inner Ni rings is deformed into the inwardly extending recesses of the alpha-alumina collar after active brazing thereof. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186692 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly having an uncoated region, a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein and an insulation plate disposed on the uncoated region of the electrode assembly. The battery also includes a gasket formed on the insulation plate, wherein the gasket comprises a support supported by and contacting an upper surface of the insulation plate, wherein the support comprises an inner side surface and an outer side surface, and wherein at least one of the inner and outer side surfaces forms an obtuse angle with respect to the upper surface of the insulation plate. The battery further includes a cap assembly contacting the gasket and connected to the uncoated region of the electrode assembly through a lead tab. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186693 | POLYMERIZED LITHIUM ION BATTERY CELLS AND MODULES WITH PERMEABILITY MANAGEMENT FEATURES - A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery module includes a container with one or more partitions that define compartments within the container. Each of the compartments is configured to receive and hold a prismatic Li-ion electrochemical cell element and electrolyte. The Li-ion battery module also includes a cover configured to be disposed over the container to close the compartments. The container includes an electrically nonconductive polymeric material (e.g., plastic) with a nanomaterial applied to the polymeric material. The nanomaterial enhances the impermeability of the container to reduce ingress of moisture into the compartments and to reduce egress of the electrolyte from the compartments. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186694 | CATHODE FORMED USING AQUEOUS SLURRY - In one embodiment, a positive electrode is formed by a process that includes forming a slurry including particles dispersed within a liquid from a electrode formulation and the liquid such that the particles have a particle size distribution D | 2014-07-03 |
20140186695 | SULFUR-INFUSED CARBON FOR SECONDARY BATTERY MATERIALS - In one aspect, a method of producing a sulfur-infused carbonaceous material as a cathode material for use in a Li—S battery is described, including providing a carbonaceous material; mixing elemental sulfur with the carbonaceous material; and heating the mixed sulfur and the carbonaceous material at a temperature from about 445° C. to about 1000° C. for a period of time and under a pressure greater than 1 atm to generate a sulfur vapor to infuse the carbonaceous material to result in a sulfur-infused carbonaceous material. In another aspect, a reactor for producing a sulfur-infused carbonaceous material as a cathode material for use in a Li—S battery is described, including a reactor body capable of withstanding a pressure from about 1 atm to about 150 atm; and an inner sulfur-resistant layer at the inner surface of the reactor, wherein the inner layer is inert to sulfur vapor at a temperature from about 450° C. to about 1000° C. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186696 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, containing: a positive electrode, which contains a positive electrode active material capable of inserting and detaching anions; a negative electrode, which contains a negative electrode active material capable of accumulating and releasing metal lithium, or lithium ions, or both thereof; and a nonaqueous electrolyte formed by dissolving a lithium salt in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a solid lithium salt at 25° C., and discharge voltage of 4.0 V. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186697 | STRUCTURES FOR INTERDIGITATED FINGER CO-EXTRUSION - An electrode structure has an interdigitated layer of at least a first material and a second material, the second material having either higher or similar electrical conductivity of the first material and being more ionically conductivity than the first material, a cross-section of the two materials being non-rectangular. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186698 | THREE DIMENSIONAL CO-EXTRUDED BATTERY ELECTRODES - A three dimensional electrode structure having a first layer of interdigitated stripes of material oriented in a first direction, and a second layer of interdigitated stripes of material oriented in a second direction residing on the first layer of interdigitated stripes of material. A method of manufacturing a three dimensional electrode structure includes depositing a first layer of interdigitated stripes of an active material and an intermediate material on a substrate in a first direction, and depositing a second layer of interdigitated stripes of the active material and the intermediate material on the first layer in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186699 | MULTILAYER CONDUCTIVE FILM, CURRENT COLLECTOR USING SAME, BATTERY AND BIPOLAR BATTERY - A multilayer conductive film includes a layer 1 including a conductive material containing a polymer material 1 having an alicyclic structure and conductive particles 1 and a layer 2 including a material having durability against positive electrode potential. The multilayer conductive film has stability in an equilibrium potential environment in a negative electrode and stability in an equilibrium potential environment in a positive electrode, has low electric resistance per unit area in the thickness direction, and has excellent barrier properties for a solvent of an electrolytic solution. A battery including a current collector employing the multilayer conductive film can achieve both weight reduction and durability. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186700 | ADVANCED, HIGH POWER AND ENERGY BATTERY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED BY CO-EXTRUSION PRINTING - A battery has an anode, a separator adjacent the anode, and a cathode adjacent the separator opposite the anode, the cathode comprising interdigitated stripes of materials, one of the materials forming a pore channel. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186701 | Composite Anode Of Lithium-ion Batteries - The present invention provides a composite anode for a battery comprising a copper current collector working electrode, at least one anode material comprising at least one of a carbon, a silicon, a conductive agent, and combinations thereof, wherein at least one anode material is deposited on a surface of the copper current collector working electrode to form the composite anode for a battery. An electrophoretic method for making this anode is provided. A lithium-ion battery having the composite anode is disclosed. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186702 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium-ion secondary battery ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140186703 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a positive electrode for a power storage device, which has an excellent discharge characteristic irrespective of an oxidized state of polyaniline as a positive active material and which is excellent in storability and handleability. The positive electrode for a power storage device includes polyaniline, where a ratio of a polyaniline oxidized body in the positive electrode is 0.01 to 75% to the entire polyaniline. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186704 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE - To provide a lithium ion secondary battery electrode in which a coated layer is held on a surface of an active material layer over a long period of time to suppress decomposition of the electrolysis solution and to enhance the cyclability, a manufacturing process for the same, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186705 | Lithium Batteries Containing Lithium-Bearing Iron Phosphate and Carbon - The invention relates to lithium-bearing iron phosphate in the form of micrometric mixed aggregates of nanometric particles, to an electrode and cell resulting therefrom and to the method for manufacturing same, which is characterized by a nanomilling step. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186706 | Battery Anode with Preloaded Metals - A method is presented for fabricating an anode preloaded with consumable metals. The method provides a material (X), which may be one of the following materials: carbon, metals able to be electrochemically alloyed with a metal (Me), intercalation oxides, electrochemically active organic compounds, and combinations of the above-listed materials. The method loads the metal (Me) into the material (X). Typically, Me is an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or a combination of the two. As a result, the method forms a preloaded anode comprising Me/X for use in a battery comprising a M1 | 2014-07-03 |
20140186707 | Battery with an Anode Preloaded with Consumable Metals - A method is provided for fabricating a battery using an anode preloaded with consumable metals. The method forms an ion-permeable membrane immersed in an electrolyte. A preloaded anode is immersed in the electrolyte, comprising Me | 2014-07-03 |
20140186708 | IRON OXYFLUORIDE ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE - The present invention provides electrochemical energy storage systems comprising metallolyte composites, iron fluoride composites and iron oxyfluoride composites. The present invention further provides methods for fabricating metallolyte composites. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186709 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is constituted by a lithium nickel composite oxide that combines a high capacity with excellent thermal stability, a manufacturing method suitable for industrial production, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of high safety. A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the following composition formula (1): | 2014-07-03 |
20140186710 | NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AS WELL AS NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY CELL - A nickel composite hydroxide represented by Ni | 2014-07-03 |
20140186711 | ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY - In an alkaline secondary battery including a gelled negative electrode containing zinc alloy powder, an aspect ratio of a particle of the zinc alloy powder is within a range of 2.0-2.4, and the zinc alloy contains 150-350 ppm of bismuth, and 600-1500 ppm of indium. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CHARGE ACCEPTANCE OF LEAD-ACID BATTERIES - An electrode and a lead-acid battery including the same are disclosed. The electrode comprises active material comprising lead and a carbon additive configured to increase a charge input of the lead-acid battery by at least 17%, relative to a negative electrode without the carbon additive. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186713 | CARBON FLUORIDE CATHODES AND BATTERIES MADE THEREFROM - Electrochemical cells containing a stoichiometric capacity ratio of carbon-treated carbon monofluoride to carbon monofluoride being greater than 1:1 provide electrochemical cells having a tunable end-of-service indication. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186714 | CATHODIC ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathodic active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the invention includes a lithium-containing transition metal phosphate containing Li and a transition metal. A transition metal site and P site of the lithium-containing transition metal phosphate are replaced by elements other than elements contained in the lithium-containing transition metal phosphate, and the quantity of P site is excessive with respect to a stoichiometric proportion of the lithium-containing transition metal phosphate. With this cathodic active material, a high-power and high-capacity secondary battery which is superior in safety and cost and has superior rate performance can be provided. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186715 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEPARATOR, SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY USING SEPARATOR - A method for manufacturing a polyolefin-based porous separator includes forming a sheet containing a polyolefin-based resin and a diluent, extracting the diluent from the sheet by using an extracting apparatus, and forming a separator by drying the extracted sheet using a drying apparatus provided with an inlet. The shortest distance between an outlet of the extracting apparatus and an inlet of the drying apparatus may be 100 mm or less. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186716 | PROTECTED ACTIVE METAL ELECTRODE AND DEVICE WITH THE ELECTRODE - A protected active metal electrode and a device with the electrode are provided. The protected active metal electrode includes an active metal substrate and a protection layer on a surface of the active metal substrate. The protection layer at least includes a metal thin film covering the surface of the active metal substrate and an electrically-conductive thin film covering a surface of the metal thin film. A material of the metal thin film is Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, or W. A material of the electrically-conductive thin film is selected from nitride of a metal in the metal thin film, carbide of a metal in the metal thin film, a diamond-like carbon (DLC), and a combination thereof. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186717 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A lithium ion battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte sandwiched between the cathode and the anode. The cathode includes a cathode active material. The anode is spaced from the cathode. The cathode active material includes a sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine). The sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) includes a poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix and sulfur dispersed in the poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix. The sulfur includes a number of poly-sulfur groups or a number of elemental sulfur particles dispersed in the poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix. The electrolyte is a gel electrolyte. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186718 | GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY - The disclosure relates to a gel polymer electrolyte and/or polymer modified electrode materials for lithium batteries. The gel polymer electrolyte or the polymer modified electrode material includes at least a polymer represented by the following formula (I): | 2014-07-03 |
20140186719 | NASICON-Polymer Electrolyte Structure - A method is provided for forming a sodium-containing particle electrolyte structure. The method provides sodium-containing particles (e.g., NASICON), dispersed in a liquid phase polymer, to form a polymer film with sodium-containing particles distributed in the polymer film. The liquid phase polymer is a result of dissolving the polymer in a solvent or melting the polymer in an extrusion process. In one aspect, the method forms a plurality of polymer film layers, where each polymer film layer includes sodium-containing particles. For example, the plurality of polymer film layers may form a stack having a top layer and a bottom layer, where with percentage of sodium-containing particles in the polymer film layers increasing from the bottom layer to the top layer. In another aspect, the sodium-containing particles are coated with a dopant. A sodium-containing particle electrolyte structure and a battery made using the sodium-containing particle electrolyte structure are also presented. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186720 | MATERIAL FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE - A material capable of producing a sintered body of cubic system garnet type Li | 2014-07-03 |
20140186721 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY - An electrolyte including an alkali metal salt; a polar aprotic solvent; and a triazinane trione; wherein the electrolyte is substantially non-aqueous. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186722 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including propylene carbonate (PC) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), and a lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present invention may improve low-temperature output characteristics, high-temperature cycle characteristics, output characteristics after high-temperature storage, capacity characteristics, and swelling characteristics. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIDE TEMPERATURE OPERATION FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELLS - The present disclosure relates generally to the field of batteries and battery modules. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to battery cells that may be used in vehicular contexts, as well as other energy storage/expending applications. An electrolyte solution includes at least one ester solvent and a plurality of additives. In particular, the plurality of additives includes a cyclic carbonate-based additive, a sultone-based additive, and either a borate-based additive or an imide-based additive. The presently disclosed electrolyte solutions enable the manufacture of battery cells having a wide operating temperature range (e.g., between approximately −30° C. and approximately 60° C.). | 2014-07-03 |
20140186724 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURES PREPARED BY LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY - A protective layer can be deposited on a surface of an porous polymer separator placing on a Li-metal electrode to protect against adverse electrochemical activity in a battery. The protective layer can be a multilayered structure including graphene oxide. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186725 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PURGING THE SAME - A fuel cell system and a method of purging the same are provided. The fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell stack that includes a fuel electrode and an air electrode as well as an air supply unit that supplies air of a blower to the air electrode via a humidifier through an air supply line. A water trap collects condensed water that is generated at the fuel electrode, and a drain valve that is installed within a drain line between the water trap and the humidifier is also provided. A purge valve is installed at a purge line that is branched from the drain line between the fuel cell stack and the water trap. in particular, by opening the drain valve and the purge valve during operation, condensed water and unreacted hydrogen are each exhausted to the humidifier, and when operation is terminated, by opening the drain valve, condensed water and unreacted hydrogen are exhausted to the humidifier, and by opening the purge valve in a different flow direction, unreacted hydrogen is purged to the air electrode inlet side. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186726 | METHOD TO DIAGNOSE FUEL CELL HUMIDIFICATION PROBLEMS - A system and method for determining if an RH sensor that measures the relative humidity of cathode inlet air provided to a fuel cell stack or an HFR circuit that measures stack water content is operating properly. The method provides the cathode inlet air through a WVT unit that increases the water content of the cathode inlet air. The method uses a water buffer model for determining the water content of the fuel cell stack based on inputs from a plurality of system components and revises a water transfer model using the HFR humidification signal or the RH signal to correct for WVT unit degradation. The method determines whether the RH sensor or the HFR circuit is operating properly, such as by determining if the HFR humidification signal is increasing at a rate that is faster than what the stack water content is able to increase. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186727 | HUMIDIFICATION APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A humidification apparatus for a fuel cell system is provided herein. A membrane humidifier includes humid air inlets, through which humid air discharged from a cathode of a fuel cell stack is introduced, and air outlets, through which air humidifying dry air in hollow fiber membranes is discharged, an air line connected from a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack to the humid air inlets of the membrane humidifier to supply humid air. Exhaust lines are connected to the air outlets. A flow control valve is provided in the air line and controls the introduction of humid air into the humid air inlets, respectively. An exhaust valve is also provided to open and close flow paths of the exhaust lines. A controller controls the opening and closing of the flow control valve and the exhaust valve based on operating conditions of the fuel cell stack. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186728 | Use of Ammonia as Source of Hydrogen Fuel and as a Getter for Air-CO2 in Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells - Embodiments of the invention provide an ammonia operated fuel cell system including an alkaline membrane fuel cell (AMFC) having an anode, and an ammonia thermal cracker including a combustion chamber, the cracker being in gas communication with an ammonia source, and configured to provide a supply of H | 2014-07-03 |
20140186729 | HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK - A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells arranged into a stack. A combustor receives a cathode exhaust flow from the fuel cell cathodes and a flow of fuel. The fuel is oxidized in the combustor by the cathode exhaust to produce a mixed exhaust flow. A cathode air flow path extends between a fresh air source and the fuel cell cathodes. An air preheater is arranged along the cathode air flow path, cathode air passing through the air preheater being heated therein by a flow of uncombusted anode exhaust from the fuel cell anodes. A cathode recuperator is arranged along the cathode air flow path, cathode air passing through the cathode recuperator being heated therein by the mixed exhaust flow. Water passing through a vaporizer is converted to steam by heat from the mixed exhaust flow and directed from the vaporizer to the fuel cell anodes. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186730 | HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL - A heating apparatus for a fuel cell that includes heating units that extend in the stacking direction of a plurality of separators, in contact with upper ends and lower ends of air intake sides of the stacked separators. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186731 | Operating A Redox Flow Battery With A Negative Electrolyte Imbalance - Loss of flow battery electrode catalyst layers during self-discharge or charge reversal may be prevented by establishing and maintaining a negative electrolyte imbalance during at least parts of a flow battery's operation. Negative imbalance may be established and/or maintained actively, passively or both. Actively establishing a negative imbalance may involve detecting an imbalance that is less negative than a desired threshold, and processing one or both electrolytes until the imbalance reaches a desired negative level. Negative imbalance may be effectively established and maintained passively within a cell by constructing a cell with a negative electrode chamber that is larger than the cell's positive electrode chamber, thereby providing a larger quantity of negative electrolyte for reaction with positive electrolyte. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186732 | FUEL CELL COOLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL-POWERED VEHICLE - The grill shutter is disposed between the front grill and the air intake duct. The grill shutter is capable of opening or closing shutter members and regulating positions of the shutter members when being opened. When a maximum supplied flow rate of air provided by the wind during running is greater than a flow rate of air required for the hydrogen fuel battery, the required flow rate of air is established only by opening/closing control of the shutter members through a grill shutter opening instruction. If this is not the case, the grill shutter members are opened fully through the grill shutter opening instruction to maximize the volume of the wind during running taken in from the front grille. Additionally, a shortfall in the required flow rate of air for the hydrogen fuel battery is compensated for by actuating the blower through a blower speed instruction. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186733 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH ANODE RECYCLING - A fuel cell system including: a fuel cell assembly; a fuel feed conduit; a gas feed conduit; an anode exhaust. The anode exhaust conduit is in fluid communication with the fuel feed conduit and at least a portion of a fluid in the anode exhaust conduit is recycled to the fuel feed conduit. The fuel cell system may include a temperature measurement device for determining a fuel cell temperature and/or a current measurement device for determining a fuel cell current. A first control can be configured to control a flow rate of the fluid in the anode exhaust conduit which is recycled into the fuel feed conduit in response to the fuel cell temperature. A second control can be configured to control a flow rate of a fluid in the gas feed conduit in response to the fuel cell current. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186734 | DIAGNOSTIC AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A diagnostic and heat management system for a fuel cell stack is provided herein that includes a diagnostic control analyzer that diagnoses and analyzes a state of the fuel cell stack by measuring a voltage and a current of the fuel cell stack. Also, an AC signal generator generates a diagnostic AC signal, and an AC component driving element that is included in an AC component in a current of the fuel cell stack. Additionally, a termoelement is driven as a heat absorbing device when a temperature of the AC component driving element is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature and is driven as a heat emitting device when a temperature of the AC component driving element is less than a predetermined temperature, in order to manage heat generation in the AC component driving element. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186735 | METHOD OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of operating a fuel cell system includes calculating voltages that are generated in each cell of a stack. It is determined whether the voltages satisfy a voltage stability condition. When it is determined that the voltages satisfy the voltage stability condition, it is determined whether a moisture balance condition and a hydrogen supply condition are satisfied. When it is determined that the moisture balance condition and the hydrogen supply condition are satisfied, the voltage stability condition is relieved and reset. It is determined whether the voltages that are generated in each cell of the stack satisfy the reset voltage stability condition. When it is determined that the voltages that are generated in each cell of the stack satisfy the reset voltage stability condition, the stack is normally operated. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186736 | FUEL CELL MODULE - Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell module that is small in size and is capable of stably generating power. A plurality of power generation units and are located such that a first fuel cell and an oxidant gas preheater connected to a second fuel cell adjacent to the first fuel cell are adjacent to each other. A solid oxide fuel cell module includes a partition member. The partition member partitions a combustion chamber into a region including the first fuel cell and a region including the second fuel cell as well as into the region including the first fuel cell and a region including the oxidant gas preheater connected to the second fuel cell. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186737 | Fuel Cell Connector and Method of Using the Same - The present invention involves an electrically-conductive fuel cell electrode connector, the connector including an opening and a slot, the slot connecting an interrupted external edge of the connector to the opening to delimit a first flap and a second flap of the connector. A method of using the connector comprising a step of deforming the connector to be able to insert a module of unit cells into the connector opening. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186738 | FUEL CELL STACK FOR PREVENTING DETERIORATION OF END CELL - A fuel cell stack preventing deterioration of an end cell, which has a structure for preventing cooling of a neighbor cell adjacent to a closed end plate, is provided. To this end, an open end plate and a closed end plate, which are provided on a first side and a second side, respectively, of the fuel cell stack, fasten a plurality of working cells together. More specifically, a hollow flow space is formed in an inner wall of the closed end plate to form an air pocket therein. | 2014-07-03 |
20140186739 | MICRO-TUBULAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - A micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cell arrangement includes two micro-tubular elements having a tubular inner electrode, covered on its outer surface with an electrolyte, the electrolyte being covered on its outer surface with a tubular outer electrode; and a connection element arranged between the micro-tubular elements for connecting one end of one micro-tubular element to one end of the other micro-tubular element, where the micro-tubular element has a first end portion with an inner cone arranged in the tubular inner electrode and a second end portion with an outer cone arranged in the tubular outer electrode, where the connection element comprises a metallic interconnector plate having a first side and an opposite second side, where the plate is provided with at least one hole); a first metallic connector on the first side and arranged around the hole and a second metallic connector on the second side and arranged around the hole.” | 2014-07-03 |
20140186740 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack which can achieve a high output voltage even with a reduced number of staked cells using a separator in which two or more reaction areas are connected in an insulated manner. In detail, a fuel cell stack, which employs a separator with a structure in which two or more reaction areas are connected in an insulated manner by means of an insulating material to increase the voltage generated in the fuel cell stack and maintain the current at a low level, in which a gas diffusion layer, a membrane electrode assembly, etc. are sequentially stacked on each reaction area to configure stack modules having two or more reaction areas, and the reaction areas are connected in series to configure a single stack module. | 2014-07-03 |