32nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100203305 | ACOUSTIC AIR FLOW RESISTIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING - An acoustic air flow resistive article and a method of making same. The acoustic air flow resistive article can include melt blown fibers having a fiber diameter of no greater than 10 μm and binder fibers dispersed amongst the melt blown fibers and at least partially melt-adhered to the melt blown fibers. The melt blown fibers can be formed of a resin having a first melting point, and the surface of the binder fibers can be at least partially formed of a resin having a second melting point that is less than the first melting point. The method can include mixing the melt blown fibers and the binder fibers to form a web, and pressing the web at a temperature that is less than the first melting point and greater than the second melting point. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203306 | LAMINATE HAVING IMPROVED WIPING PROPERTIES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE LAMINATE - A sheet of wiping material has a first outer surface and a second outer surface and a core region between the surfaces. The wiping material includes absorbent fibres and non-absorbent fibres. The wiping material has a stratified structure with a fibre gradient and a higher ratio of absorbent fibres to non-absorbent fibres at the outer surfaces of the wiping material than in the core region. A method of producing the wiping material is described. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203307 | ADHESIVE TAPE - Disclosed is an adhesive tape containing a flux activation compound having a carboxyl group and/or a phenolic hydroxyl group, a thermosetting resin and a film-forming resin. In this adhesive tape, the thermosetting resin may be an epoxy resin, and may contain a curing agent. The curing agent may be an imidazole compound and/or a phosphorus compound. This adhesive tape can be used as an interlayer material for circuit boards or multilayer flexible printed wiring boards. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203308 | Production of a flexible, gas-tight,and transparent composite film - The invention relates to a method for the production of a flexible, gas-tight, and transparent composite film, comprising a transparent carrier layer made of plastic and a glass-like layer. The method comprises the following steps: a) a temperature-resistant substrate is coated with a lacquer comprising glass or glass-forming pre-stages by a wet chemical process, b) the coating is thermally compressed to form the glass-like layer, c) the transparent carrier layer made of plastic is applied onto the glass-like layer and bonded thereto, and d) the composite of the carrier layer and the glass-like layer is separated from the substrate. The composite films obtained in this way are suitable as encapsulation material or packing material, particularly for the use in displays, illumination and photovoltaics, for example for light-emitting diodes, solar cells, displays, or electronic circuits. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203309 | STRETCH HOODER FILM AND METHOD THEREOF - A stretch hooder for palletizing goods is described. The stretch hooder is a one-piece hood made in the machine direction from a continuous roll of lay flat tubing or gusseted film. The stretch hooder film may be stretched over a load and secured under the pallet. Stretch hooders are used for applications where pallet loads require five-sided protection that may also encounter stress during shipping or where products are sensitive to heat, thus preventing the use of other palletizing approaches. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203310 | FLUORORESIN THIN FILM, FLUORORESIN COMPOSITE, POROUS FLUORORESIN COMPOSITE, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF, AND SEPERATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT - There are provided a fluororesin thin film which is composed of a fluororesin, which has a thickness of 20 μm or less and a Gurley's number of 300 seconds or more, and which includes no defects, such as voids and/or cracks; a method for manufacturing the fluororesin thin film in which after a fluororesin dispersion including a dispersing medium and a fluororesin powder dispersed therein is applied on a flat and smooth foil, the dispersing medium is dried, and the fluororesin powder is sintered; the fluororesin dispersion; a fluororesin composite including a porous base material and the fluororesin thin film; a manufacturing method thereof a porous fluororesin composite formed by stretching the fluororesin composite; and a separation membrane element using the porous fluororesin composite. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203311 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM - The invention is related to films formed from a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CMv) less than −0.0032 in the log(calculated Mv) versus elution temperature, said CMv calculated in the range of elution temperatures from 70° C. to 90° C. The Mv is the viscosity average molecular weight. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203312 | WATER-DILUTABLE CONCENTRATES FOR THE COATING OF VARIOUS SUBSTRATES - The present invention relates to concentrated inorganic/organic sols that are readily diluted with water to form coating agents for textile materials. Further, the use of the aqueous formulations, especially for the washproof coating of a textile material. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203313 | MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE CELLULOSE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to ferromagnetic materials based on nano-sized bacterial cellulose templates. More specifically, the present invention provides an agglomerate free magnetic nanoparticle cellulose material and a method of forming such magnetic nanoparticle cellulose material. Further, the magnetic nonoparticles are physically attached on the cellulose material and evenly distribute. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203314 | PROCESSED FIBER PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A processed fiber product having excellent strength, water-absorbability and washing durability can be produced by attaching a partially hydrolyzed product of a wheat protein to a fiber and then allowing a transglutaminase to act on the fiber. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203315 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOFIBRES OF EPOXY RESIN FOR COMPOSITE LAMINATES OF AERONAUTICAL STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE THEIR ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS - Composite structures and a method for improving the electromagnetic characteristics of composite structures produces epoxy nanofibres during the lay-up of structural elements of carbon fibre composite laminates. The epoxy nanofibres are fabricated by electro-spinning and may be doped with carbon nanotubes or other conducting nanoparticles. The nanofibres are selectively applied to one or more carbon fibre plys in a controlled manner of distribution. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203316 | RESIN COMPLEX CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-containing resin composite comprised of a synthetic resin-impregnated aligned CNTs aggregate to have a specific surface area of at least 600 m | 2010-08-12 |
20100203317 | GYPSUM BASED PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING GYPSUM BASED PANEL - A method of forming a gypsum-based panel product including the steps of: mixing calcined gypsum, water, a foaming agent and a core strengthening agent to form a foamed slurry; depositing the slurry; shaping the slurry to form a board having a core and core surfaces, optionally sandwiched between sheets of liner; and allowing the core to set, and drying the board, wherein the strengthening agent is dextrin, used in an amount not less than 0.1% by weight, based on the amount of calcined gypsum, so that, after drying, there is provided a strengthening dispersion of dextrin throughout the core. Less than 5% dextrin in preferred. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203318 | Use of Aluminum Phosphate, Polyphosphate and Metaphosphate Particles in Paper Coating Applications - Provided herein are coating compositions for paper comprising aluminum phosphate, aluminum metaphosphate, aluminum orthophosphate and/or aluminum polyphosphate pigments. Methods of making and using the compositions are described. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203319 | Method Of Making A Breathable Film Laminate And A Breathable Film Laminate Produced Therefrom - A method of making a breathable film laminate includes: (a) providing a TPU film; (b) applying to a release substrate a layer of a film-formable liquid composition containing a volatile component; (c) heating the liquid composition on the release substrate to expel the volatile component, thereby forming a porous film; (d) transferring the porous film to a surface of the TPU film from the release substrate and pressing the porous film against the TPU film while the porous film is hot, thereby bonding thermally the porous film to the TPU film; and (e) cooling the porous film. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203320 | PHOTOCURABLE COATING COMPOSITION, FILM FORMING METHOD, AND COATED ARTICLE - A photocurable coating composition is provided comprising (1) porous or hollow inorganic oxide fine particles, (2) a hydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound or a cohydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound and another hydrolyzable organosilicon compound, and (3) a photoacid generator. Due to the presence of voids in the resin, the cured coating has a low refractive index. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203321 | EFFECT PAINT - Emulsion paint composition for obtaining special textile or suede effect comprising a filler at least partly consisting of pre-pigmented spherical aliphatic polyurethane particles particles. About 3-10% of the spherical particles has a particle size between 63-90 micrometers and 25-40% of the spherical particles has a particle size between 40-63 micrometers. Before applying the paint as a semi-opaque top coat the substrate is first coated with an opaque acrylic primer of a corresponding colour and subsequently dried. The top coat is applied by brush in cross way fashion to obtain a suede effect, or it can be applied by roller, while subsequently a tool is used comprising a flat side provided with stiff parallel projecting fibres such as synthetic grass fibres, which are dragged over the fresh paint layer to obtain a linen effect. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203322 | Heat ray shielding glass and manufacturing method of the same - A heat ray shielding laminated glass is provided, with an intermediate layer having a heat ray shielding performance interposed between opposed two plate glasses. Wherein an intermediate layer having the heat ray shielding performance is obtained by being cured by irradiation of ultraviolet ray, after a dispersion of composite tungsten oxide particles is dissolved into an ultraviolet ray curing resin precursor (E) and thereafter is filled in a gap between the opposed two plate glasses. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203323 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE TAPE - Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, which has a needed pressure-sensitive adhesive force for an adherend, can remove even foreign matter at a submicron level without contaminating a cleaning site, is excellent in heat resistance, exerts a sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesive force and a sufficient cohesive force even at a high temperature, and can be easily peeled without generating any adhesive residue on the adherend upon peeling from the adherend after its use, and a method of producing the tape. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes, on a surface of a support, an assembly layer of oblique columnar structures each protruding at an elevation angle of less than 90° from the surface of the support, the oblique columnar structures each having an aspect ratio of 1 or more. The method of producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention is a method of producing, on a surface of a support, a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including an assembly layer of oblique columnar structures each protruding at an elevation angle of less than 90° from the surface of the support, the oblique columnar structures each having an aspect ratio of 1 or more, the method including forming the oblique columnar structures on the surface of the support by an oblique deposition process. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203324 | LAMINATE OF HEAT RESISTANT FILM AND METAL FOIL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A laminate of the present invention is a laminate having a metal foil on one side or both sides of a heat resistant film in which the metal foil is laminated on the heat resistant film via a cured layer of a terminal-modified oligomer obtained by reacting simultaneously or successively a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine in a molar ratio of n:(n+1) (n is a number of 2 to 6) and a carboxylic acid compound having an unsaturated group, which is formed by heating and reacting the terminal-modified oligomer. The laminate of a heat resistant film and a metal foil may be easily produced. Moreover, the laminate may have excellent adhesive properties and excellent heat resistance, and withstand a soldering process or a high temperature process for mounting a chip on a substrate. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203325 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR METAL THIN FILM AND PHOTOLUMINESCENT COATING FILM FORMED FROM SAME - A coating composition for a metal thin film for coating a vapor-deposited film or sputtered film provided on the surface of a base material, comprising: a coating film forming component containing 50% by weight or more of urethane (meth)acrylate that is a reaction product of hydrogenated xylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated diphenylmethane diisocyanate, polyol, and (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203326 | AROMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER AMIDE COPOLYMER, PREPREG INCLUDING THE SAME, PREPREG LAMINATE INCLUDING THE PREPREG, METAL FILM LAMINATE INCLUDING THE PREPREG, AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD INCLUDING THE PREPREG - A prepreg, a prepreg laminate including the prepreg, a metal film laminate including the prepreg, and a printed wiring board including the prepreg. The prepreg includes a woven or non-woven fabric substrate; and an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester amide copolymer, wherein the woven or non-woven fabric substrate is impregnated with the aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester amide copolymer. Therefore, the prepreg is not deformed or does not cause blisters. In addition, the prepreg has low dielectric properties in a high frequency range. Also, a metal film of the metal film laminate or the printed wiring board does not corrode. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203327 | Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating and solution for trivalent-chromium chemical treatment - A trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating from which substantially no hexavalent chromium is released. The trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating is one formed on the surface of a zinc or zinc-alloy deposit. In a brine spray test, the chemical conversion coating has unsusceptibility to corrosion (time required for white-rust formation) of 96 hours or longer. The chemical conversion coating has a hexavalent-chromium concentration less than 0.01 μg/cm | 2010-08-12 |
20100203328 | METHOD FOR IMPREGNATING CONTINUOUS FIBRES WITH A COMPOSITE POLYMER MATRIX CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER - The invention relates to a method for the impregnation of continuous fibers, that comprises coating said fibers with a polymer matrix containing at least one thermoplastic semicrystalline polymer having a glass transition temperature (T | 2010-08-12 |
20100203329 | POWDER COATED ROVING FOR MAKING STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES - A powder coated roving material for making structural parts is provided. The powder coated roving includes a bundle of fibers at least substantially coated with a powder coating material. The bundle is formed of a plurality of inner fibers and a plurality of outer fibers surrounding the inner fibers. The size composition maintains the fibers in a bundled orientation during processing and releases the fibers during molding. The size composition includes an epoxy resin emulsion containing at least one surfactant and a solid epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight from about 450 to about 950, at least one epoxy silane coupling agent, at least one non-ionic lubricant, at least one cationic lubricant, and at least one organic acid. In addition, the size composition may have an acetone solubility from about 30% to about 75%. A method of making a composite roving is also provided. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203330 | METHOD OF COATING METAL FILAMENT WITH RUBBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING CORD, CORD, RUBBER COATING APPARATUS AND CORD PRODUCING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to make it possible to provide a cord, in particular, a cord for reinforcing a rubber article in which rubber permeation properties are improved by coating filaments as constituents of the cord with rubber in a reliable and stable manner. The cord of the present invention is produced by, when the metal filament is guided to an extruder and extruded together with rubber from a mouthpiece of the extruder so that the metal filament is coated with the rubber, juxtaposing plural metal filaments in the mouthpiece and extruding the metal filaments together with rubber. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203331 | Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites And Methods Of Making The Same - The present invention provides sizing compositions and methods of using the same for glass fibers used in reinforced polymeric composites produced by reactive processing techniques. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203332 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FIBER AND POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FIBER - The present invention provides a method for producing a PTFE fiber that makes it possible, unlike the emulsion spinning process, to obtain a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber, particularly a long PTFE fiber, without using a matrix material, is more productive than conventional production methods such as a slit yarn process, and is capable of enhancing mechanical properties and the degree of freedom in diameter of the obtained fiber. The method for producing the PTFE fiber of the present invention includes the step of reducing a diameter of a string-shape PTFE-containing solid material (a first solid material) by drawing the first solid material at a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of PTFE. The first solid material can be obtained from a PTFE-containing solid material (a second solid material) containing water and a surfactant, by reducing an amount of the water contained in the second solid material. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203333 | ORGANOAMINE STABILIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Processes for producing organoamine-stabilized silver nanoparticles are disclosed. The processes comprise: (a) forming a solution comprising an organic solvent and a first amount of organoamine; (b) adding silver salt particles to the solution; (c) adding a second amount of organoamine to the solution; (d) adding an organohydrazine to the solution; and (e) reacting the solution to form organoamine-stabilized silver nanoparticles. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203334 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SILICON NANOCRYSTALS USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for producing silicon nanocrystals, which can minimize plasma diffusion by finely adjusting a plasma region created by an ICP coil. The apparatus includes a reactor having an ICP coil wound around an outer wall thereof and a tube inserted into the reactor, wherein a primary gas for forming silicon nanocrystals and a secondary gas for surface reaction of the silicon nanocrystals are separately supplied to the reactor through an inner side and an outer side of the tube, respectively. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203335 | SINTERED BODY, RESIN PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An adsorptive body is provided which is high in water permeation and gas permeation and can adsorb, concentrate, separate and remove components present in extremely small amounts in a liquid or gas without causing the dissolution of impurities. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203336 | ROOFING GRANULES WITH HIGH SOLAR REFLECTANCE, ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH HIGH SOLAR REFLECTANCE, AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SAME - Solar reflective roofing granules include a binder and inert mineral particles, with solar reflective particles dispersed in the binder. An agglomeration process preferentially disposes the solar reflective particles at a desired depth within or beneath the surface of the granules. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203337 | ETHYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITE PARTICLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The objective of the present invention is to provide an ethylene-based composite resin composite particle having a small-sized, approximately spherical form, comprising functional filler homogeneously dispersed therein, and being compatible with other resin pellets or components. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203338 | DUST SUPPRESSANTS - The present application is directed to an article comprising a dusty surface and a coating on the dusty surface comprising a coating polymer having a Tg less −20° C. and a method of reducing dust. In some embodiments, the polymer has a Tg less than −30° C., and in specific embodiments, the polymer has a Tg less than −45° C. The dusty surface may be, for example, crushed stone, coal, iron ore, gravel, sand or other aggregates (e.g. a roofing granule,) or a soil surface. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203339 | PLASMA TREATMENT OF CARBON-BASED MATERIALS AND COATINGS FOR IMPROVED FRICTION AND WEAR PROPERTIES - A method of plasma modification of a film includes applying about −400 V to about −600 V to a gas in a chamber to generate a gas-discharge plasma; and subjecting the film to the gas-discharge plasma to form a plasma-modified film, where the gas comprises H | 2010-08-12 |
20100203340 | PROTECTIVE CARBON COATINGS - Disclosed is a method for forming a protective coating comprising contacting a carbon material with a metal surface, heating the carbon material and metal to allow at least a portion of the carbon material to dissolve in the metal, diffuse across a portion of the metal surface, or a combination thereof, and then cooling the metal and carbon material to form a metal having a protecting carbon coating disposed on a surface thereof, wherein the protective coating comprises graphene, multi-layer graphene, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed are a method for inhibiting corrosion comprising forming a layer of graphene on at least a portion of a metal surface; a metal having a surface, wherein at least a portion of the surface comprises a protective carbon coating comprising graphene, multi-layer graphene, or a combination thereof; and a passivation coating comprising a graphene, multi-layer graphene, or a combination thereof. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203341 | METHOD FOR JOINING SIC-DIAMOND - The invention relates to a method for joining ceramic composite parts comprising at least one ceramic material and at least one superhard material to at least one other part, the method comprising treatment of a join surface or surfaces of the ceramic composite part; and disposition onto the treated surface or surfaces, or portions thereof, of a material capable of bonding to the ceramic composite part as well as to the at least one other part upon the application of sufficient heat. The invention extends to articles comprising a ceramic composite part comprising ceramic material and at least one superhard material, bonded to at least one other part, the article including at least one layer selected from an attachment layer, a brazeable layer, and an oxidation resistant (braze compatible) layer or combinations thereof included at an interface between the ceramic composite part and the other part. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203342 | REVERSIBLE WELDING PROCESS FOR POLYMERS - One exemplary method includes providing a first polymer and a second polymer each comprising a first shape memory polymer backbone having at least one surface free side chain, the first polymer and the second polymer each transformable between a permanent shape and a temporary shape; creating an adhesive bond between the first polymer and the second polymer, wherein the creating of the adhesive bond transforms the first polymer to its temporary shape and transforms the second polymer to its temporary shape; and wherein the at least one surface free chain of the first polymer in its temporary shape is interdiffused with the at least one surface free chain of the second polymer in its temporary shape by the creation of the adhesive bond. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203343 | ANTIRUST TREATED METAL - In an antirust treated metal base material in accordance with the present invention, a coating film containing insulating polyaniline in a highly oxidized state (PE state) is formed on the surface of a metal base material. A method for antirust treatment of the surface of a metal base material includes a process of forming a coating film containing insulating polyaniline in a highly oxidized state (PE state) on the metal base material surface. According to the present invention, an antirust treated metal base material, in which the coating film of an insulating polyaniline system containing no dopants exhibits strong corrosion inhibition effect, and a method of antirust treatment for the metal base material are provided. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203344 | Laminating Adhesives Based on Primary Hydroxyl-Containing Curatives - A curative containing two or more primary hydroxyl groups per molecule and one or more moieties derived from a secondary hydroxyl-containing polyol such as polypropylene glycol is prepared in a multistage process wherein the secondary hydroxyl-containing polyol is end-capped with an excess of a reactant such as a polybasic acid and the resulting functionalized intermediate is then reacted with a polyol such as glycerin or diethylene glycol containing primary hydroxyl groups. Such curatives may be used in combination with isocyanate-functionalized polyurethane prepolymers to provide two component adhesives useful for laminating thin films and/or foils. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203345 | ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE-TREATMENT ELECTRODE AND METAL COATING FILM FORMED USING THE SAME - An objective is to provide an electrical-discharge surface-treatment electrode by which a high-coverage zinc coating film can be formed. The electrical-discharge surface-treatment electrode is made by uniformly distributing and compression-molding zinc-based powders including at least one of a pure-metal zinc powder and a metal zinc powder whose surface is oxidized, and zinc-oxide powders whose content rate ranges from 5 to 90 volume percent with respect to the zinc-based powders, to obtain a porosity ranging from 10 to 55 volume percent; then, the zinc coating film is formed using the electrical-discharge surface-treatment electrode. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203346 | TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT EXTRUDED POLYAMIDE - The invention relates to extruded transparent or translucent article that have been melt calendered to improve the physical properties and optical clarity. The polyamide article is a sheet, film, or profile. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203347 | METHOD FOR LIQUID PROOFING AN ITEM BY PLASMA GRAFT POLYMERISATION - A method for protecting an item from weight gain due to uptake of liquid comprising exposing said item to plasma in a gaseous state for a sufficient period of time to allow a protective layer, particularly a polymeric layer, to be created on the surface of the item. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203348 | 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, an amide wax and optionally a rosin are added to a cellulose-ester-based coating to increase moisture resistance. In other embodiments, a biodegradable polymer, an amide wax, optionally a plasticizer, and optionally a rosin are added to a cellulose-ester-based coating to drastically increase moisture resistance. In still 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. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203349 | COMPOSITE SHEET STRUCTURE - A composite sheet structure is presented, and includes a core layer and two surface layers. Each surface layer has a plurality of metallic sheets. The metallic sheets bond with one another. The core layer and the surface layers bond with each other, and the core layer is sandwiched between the two surface layers. In comparison to conventional single type/solid piece of building material, the present invention results in a dramatic cost reduction in various building industry. With the up-to-date technology, the strength of metallic composite sheet remains within structural grade parameter and meets related specifications. Manufacturers are benefited from the cheaper metallic sheet in the composition while enjoying the same quality look of the outer layer. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203350 | Methods and Apparatuses for Manufacturing Cast Silicon from Seed Crystals - Methods and apparatuses are provided for casting silicon for photovoltaic cells and other applications. With these methods, an ingot can be grown that is low in carbon and whose crystal growth is controlled to increase the cross-sectional area of seeded material during casting. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203351 | HIGH STRENGTH COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND RELATED PROCESSES - Composite materials exhibiting very high strength properties and other characteristics are disclosed. The materials comprise one or more nanomaterials dispersed within one or more matrix materials. The nanomaterials can be in a variety of forms, such as for example, carbon nanotubes and/or nanofibers. The matrix material can be glass, fused silicas, or metal. Also disclosed are various processes and operations to readily disperse and uniformly align the nanotubes and/or nanofibers in the flowing matrix material, during production of the composite materials. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203352 | FOIL LAMINATE ADHESIVE TAPE - An adhesive tape includes a backing material and an adhesive material coupled to the backing material. A release liner is coupled to an exposed portion of the adhesive material. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203353 | Pb-Free Sn-Ag-Cu-Mn Solder - A solder alloy comprises Sn, Ag, Cu, and Mn and has a melting temperature of about 211 degrees C. A solder joint and solder process embody the solder alloy as well as solder balls and solder paste made therefrom to provide a solidified joint that includes three different intermetallic phases and a Sn metal phase. An exemplary Sn—Ag—Cu—Mn alloy consists essentially of about 3 to about 4 weight % Ag, about 0.80 to about 1.0 weight % Cu, and about 0.05 to about 0.15 weight % Mn, and balance consisting essentially of Sn. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203354 | FLATTED MATERIAL - Disclosed is a flatted material produced by conducting cold flatting of copper alloy including 0.1-1.0 mass % of Cu, 0.05-1.5 mass % of Sn, and 0.05-1.5 mass % of Zn, and comprising residue Cu and unavoidable impurities. In the flatted material, both of the stress relaxation rates in a direction parallel to the flatting direction and a direction perpendicular to the flatting direction are 50% or less as measured by an insertion type stress relaxation test at 150° C. after 1,000 hours. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203355 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY STEEL SHEET FOR A CAN OR A CONTAINER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AS WELL AS LAMINATED AND PRE-COATED STEEL SHEET BY USING IT - Laminated steel sheet for a container material with a small environmental load container material and coating pre-coated steel sheet for a container material characterized by comprising steel sheet having on it a tin layer or iron-tin alloy layer which has on it a tin oxide layer of a thickness measured by an electric stripping method of 0 mC/cm | 2010-08-12 |
20100203356 | Magnesium alloy compound type thermal metal material - A magnesium alloy compound type thermal metal material includes a heat dissipation surface layer formed of a magnesium alloy, a contact surface layer formed of gold, platinum, silver, or copper alloy, and a fusion layer, which is an eutectic structure joined between the heat dissipation surface layer and the contact surface layer under and formed therebetween subject to application of a high temperature and a high pressure, such that the thermal conductivity metal alloy of the contact surface layer absorbs heat energy quickly from the heat source and transfers absorbed heat energy to the heat dissipation surface layer for quick dissipation; the internal molecules of the product are joined tightly together subject to the applied pressure, and the surface of the product allows for electroplating. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203357 | AL-PLATED STEEL SHEET FOR EXHAUST GAS PASSAGEWAY MEMBERS OF MOTORCYCLES EXCELLENT IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRENGTH AND THE MEMBERS - Provided is an Al-plated steel sheet for motorcycle exhaust gas passageway members excellent in high-temperature strength and red scale resistance, which is produced by dipping a substrate steel sheet comprising, in terms of % by mass, at most 0.02% of C, at most 2% of Si, at most 2% of Mn, from 5 to 25% of Cr, from more than 0.1 to 1% of Nb, at most 0.3% of Ti, at most 0.02% of N, and optionally at least one of at most 0.6% of Ni, at most 0.2% of Al, at most 3% of Mo, at most 3% of Cu, at most 3% of W, at most 0.5% of V, at most 0.5% of Co and at most 0.01% of B, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, in a hot-dip Al-base plating bath to thereby form a hot-dip plating layer having a mean thickness of from 3 to 20 μm on the surface thereof. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203358 | Magnetic Recording Medium Substrate and Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Medium - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a pair of soft magnetic layers that are laminated via a non-magnetic layer and antiparallel-coupled to each other and that are provided between a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic recording layer, wherein spike noise and medium noise can be positively suppressed when information recording and reproduction are carried out at high recording surface density. At least one pair of soft magnetic layers are laid and formed via a non-magnetic layer on a substrate of a non-magnetic material so that magnetic characteristics obtained by integrating the pair of soft magnetic layers have a magnetic hysteresis to thereby prevent the formation of a magnetic domain wall. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203359 | MICROBIAL FUEL CELL TREATMENT OF ETHANOL FERMENTATION PROCESS WATER - The present invention relates to a method for removing inhibitor compounds from a cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol process which includes a pretreatment step of raw cellulosic biomass material and the production of fermentation process water after production and removal of ethanol from a fermentation step, the method comprising contacting said fermentation process water with an anode of a microbial fuel cell, said anode containing microbes thereon which oxidatively degrade one or more of said inhibitor compounds while producing electrical energy or hydrogen from said oxidative degradation, and wherein said anode is in electrical communication with a cathode, and a porous material (such as a porous or cation-permeable membrane) separates said anode and cathode. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203360 | Bacteria/transition metal oxides organic-inorganic composite and method for manufacturing the same - The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic composite comprising bacteria and transition metal oxides and a method of manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an organic-inorganic composite comprising bacteria and transition metal oxides manufactured by attaching cationic transition metal precursor to bacterial surface, wherein the bacteria with high negative charge on its surface is used as a template, refluxing the bacteria and transition metal ions at room temperature in the presence of sodium borohydride (NaBH | 2010-08-12 |
20100203361 | BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELL - A biological fuel cell includes an elongate anode ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203362 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device comprising at least one negative electrode, wherein each negative electrode is individually selected from (i) an electrode comprising negative battery electrode material; (ii) an electrode comprising capacitor electrode material; (iii) a mixed electrode comprising either—a mixture of battery and capacitor electrode material or—a region of battery electrode material and a region of capacitor electrode material, or—a combination thereof, and wherein the energy storage device either comprises at least one electrode of type (iii), or comprises at least one electrode of each of types (i) and (ii),—at least one positive electrode, wherein the positive electrode comprises positive battery electrode material and a charging ability-increasing additive, such as one or a mixture of: (a) carbon nanomaterial, vapour grown carbon fibre, fullerene, or a mixture thereof, and (b) tin dioxide conductive materials. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203363 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY PACK HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a connector assembly and a battery pack having the same. For this purpose, provided are a connector assembly with optimized size and mounting area of the connector assembly serving as a current-carrying medium of the battery pack, and improved bond strength between the connector terminal and the housing, and a battery pack having the same. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203364 | Energy Conversion Cell Having a Dielectrically Graded Region to Alter Transport, and Methods Thereof - Energy conversion devices and methods for altering transport of reaction species therein include use of a dielectrically graded structure (e.g., region, layer). For example, in photon energy conversion devices (e.g., solar cells) or in chemical energy conversion devices (e.g., fuel cells) one or more non-electric structures which provide a gradient in dielectric constant are positioned within the cell to alter the direction and/or rate of transport of a photo-generated or chemical reaction-generated species. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203365 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM HAVING A RECIRCULATION BLOWER DISPOSED IN A FUEL CIRCUIT OF THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a fuel cell system ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203366 | RECYCLING OF BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIALS - Embodiments related to reconditioning of electrode materials for energy storage devices are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method, comprising obtaining a quantity of spent electrode material, wherein the quantity of spent electrode material comprises a portion of material in a second crystallographic state, applying heat to the quantity of spent electrode material under such conditions as to cause at least some of the portion of material in the second crystallographic state to convert to the first crystallographic state, thereby forming a processed spent electrode material, and cooling the processed spent electrode material to thereby recover a reconditioned electrode material. Other embodiments may comprise relithiation of the spent electrode material. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203367 | END COVER ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY AND BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - An end cover assembly for a battery with a core comprises a contact terminal, a conductive element, and a thermistor. The conductive element is in electrical communication with the core of the battery. The thermistor is disposed between the terminal and the conductive element. The thermistor electrically connects the terminal and the conductive element when the temperature of the battery is below a predetermined temperature. The thermistor electrically disconnects the terminal and the conductive element when the temperature of the battery is above the predetermined temperature. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203368 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - The invention relates to a rechargeable battery for handheld, electromechanical tools, with a plurality of rechargeable battery cells, which are electrically connected to one another by means of electrical cell connectors. At least one cell connector has an electrical insulation, and an electronic component such as a set of accumulator-protecting electronics or a sensor, is provided on or in the electrical insulation. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203369 | Bicycle battery connection system capacle of connecting different types of battery - A bicycle battery connection system includes a battery data determination circuit, a battery data processing circuit and an adapter. The battery data determination circuit is electrically connected to one of the first-type battery having an MCU and a second-type battery without an MCU through the adapter for enabling battery data of the connected battery to be processed by the battery data processing circuit and outputted as battery status for display on a display device in front of the user and for further battery output control. Thus, either a first-type battery or a second-type battery can be used and detected for automatic matching, and therefore the battery connection system allows a bicycle to use any of different types of batteries. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203370 | Lithium cell with iron disulfide cathode - A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium or lithium alloy and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS | 2010-08-12 |
20100203371 | BATTERY - A battery ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203372 | WIRE TYPE BATTERIES FOR WIRELESS CHARGE - The present invention relates to the wire type battery for wireless charging which is constructed by adding the coil for wireless charging to the wire type battery, by which the present invention can provide the wire type battery for wireless charging to easily carry out charging compared to the existing wire charging method and can solve the problem in the charging which is expected from the shape of the battery to improve the effect of charging. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203373 | BATTERY - A battery ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203374 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery cell, a circuit board, and a holder. The battery cell includes a battery device covered with a laminate film. The circuit board is connected to the battery cell. The holder includes a cell holder that covers the battery cell and a circuit board holder that covers the circuit board. In battery pack, the circuit board holder covering the circuit board is arranged in a space formed above a terrace portion of the battery cell covered with the cell holder. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203375 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus which uses a battery as a power source includes a battery storage unit configured to store the battery which can be inserted and removed, a locking member configured to move between a position at which the battery stored in the battery storage unit is locked and a position at which the lock of the battery is released by rotating in a direction perpendicular to a direction that the battery is inserted to and removed from the battery storage unit, a drive member which is movably supported in the insertion and removal direction of the battery with respect to the battery storage unit, and on which a claw abutting on the locking member is formed, and an urging member configured to urge the drive member in a direction that the battery is ejected, to attach the claw to the locking member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203376 | MIDDLE OR LARGE-SIZED BATTERY PACK CASE PROVIDING IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY IN COOLANT FLUX - Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, and the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘inlet duct’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (Outlet duct’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, the inlet duct having a vertical sectional area less than that of the outlet duct. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203377 | Metal Film Encapsulation - The present invention relates to metal foil encapsulation of an electrochemical device. The metal foil encapsulation may also provide contact tabs for the electrochemical device. The present invention may also include a selectively conductive bonding layer between a contact and a cell structure. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203378 | DEVICE PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - There is provided an electrical connection device ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203379 | Single Cell for a Battery for Making Electrical Contact - The invention relates to a single cell ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203380 | BATTERIES INCLUDING A FLAT PLATE DESIGN - A battery having flat, stacked, anode and cathode layers. The battery can be adapted to fit within an implantable medical device. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203381 | REINFORCED POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - A pouch type secondary battery having enhanced reliability by protecting the battery from external impacts is described. A reinforcement structure may be installed on a pouch casing and an electrode assembly housed in the pouch casing. Short-circuits inside the pouch casing may be minimized. The pouch type secondary battery has an electrode assembly with positive and negative electrode plates with a separator interposed therebetween, and positive and negative terminal portions extending from the positive and negative electrode plates. A first reinforcement member is closely adhered to one or more planes of the electrode assembly. A second reinforcement member may be adhered to the pouch casing and used with or without the first reinforcement member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203382 | ALKALINE BATTERY - An alkaline battery includes: a positive electrode | 2010-08-12 |
20100203383 | ION CONDUCTOR HAVING A GARNET STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to the use of chemically stable solid ion conductors having a garnet-like structure in batteries, accumulators, electrochromic devices and other electrochemical cells, and also novel compounds which are suitable for these uses. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203384 | ELECTRODE FOLDS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - A stacked energy storage device (ESD) has at least two conductive substrates arranged in a stack. Each cell segment may have a first electrode unit having a first active material electrode, a second electrode unit having a second active material electrode, and an electrolyte layer between the active material electrodes. Each active material electrode may have a plurality of folded sections and planar sections to increase the ESD capacity, for example, by increasing number of interfaces within each cell segment. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203385 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY - A negative electrode for alkaline storage battery using a hydrogen-absorbing alloy includes fluorinated oil and a surface active agent. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203386 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery, which is low in capacity loss after overdischarge, having excellent capacity restorability after overdischarge and shows an effect of preventing a battery from swelling at a high temperature. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203387 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY COMPRISING THE ELECTRODE - An electrode for a lithium secondary battery | 2010-08-12 |
20100203388 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES WITH HIGH SAFETY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries with high safety, a method of preparing the same and lithium secondary batteries comprising the same. The cathode active material of the present invention comprises a lithium metal oxide secondary particle core portion formed by aggregation of lithium metal oxide primary particles; and a shell portion formed by coating the secondary particle core portion with an olivine-structured lithium iron phosphate oxide. The cathode active material of the present invention allows to manufacture lithium secondary batteries with improved safety, especially overcharge characteristics. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203389 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURE METHODS THEREFORE - The positive electrode active material of the invention has an olivine structure, and is represented by Li | 2010-08-12 |
20100203390 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte battery including a negative electrode including metal lithium or a lithium alloy as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode including a fluorinated graphite as a positive electrode active material, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The concentration ratio [F]/[C] of fluorine atoms to carbon atoms on the surface of the fluorinated graphite is 1.0 or more and less than 1.8. This improves the large-current discharge characteristics particularly in a low temperature environment. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203391 | MESOPOROUS CARBON MATERIAL FOR ENERGY STORAGE - A mesoporous carbon material formed on an electrode surface in an energy storage device, and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The mesoporous carbon material acts as a high surface area ion intercalation medium for the energy storage device, and is made up of CVD-deposited carbon fullerene “onions” and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are interconnected in a fullerene/CNT hybrid matrix. The fullerene/CNT hybrid matrix is a high porosity material that is capable of retaining lithium ions in concentrations useful for storing significant quantities of electrical energy. The method, according to one embodiment, includes vaporizing a high molecular weight hydrocarbon precursor and directing the vapor onto a conductive substrate to form a mesoporous carbon material thereon. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203392 | ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE - The non aqueous secondary battery electrode of the present invention includes a mixture layer and a porous layer formed on the surface of the mixture layer. The mixture layer includes an electrode material expressed by the composition formula SiO | 2010-08-12 |
20100203393 | Device for Storing Electric Power Compring a Protective Barrier Layer for the Collector - The invention concerns a device for storing electric power comprising an electrode layer ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100203394 | THIN METAL-AIR BATTERIES - Thin metal-air batteries are described. The batteries do not have an enclosure. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203395 | NON-WOVEN GAUNTLETS FOR BATTERIES - The present invention concerns non-woven, cartridge belt type gauntlet for lead acid batteries comprising two sheets of spunbond, needled and flat calendared thermobonded bicomponent PET-PBT nonwoven fabric assembled together at regular intervals. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203396 | MULTILAYER POROUS FILM - Provided is a multilayer porous film having a porous film comprised of a resin composition comprising a polypropylene and one or more polyolefins other than polypropylenes and an inorganic filler-containing porous layer stacked on at least on one side of the porous film. The multilayer porous film is capable of preventing short circuit between two electrodes even when a heat generation amount is large at the time of abnormal heat generation and therefore satisfying both excellent heat resistance and good shutdown function. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203397 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORE - An electrochemical energy store including at least one anode and at least one cathode in an electrolyte, lithium peroxide being generated at the cathode by the reaction of lithium ions with oxygen. The cathode is connected to an oxygen reservoir. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203398 | PROCESS FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC ENERGY FROM BIOMASS - A process is disclosed for converting cellulosic biomass to electric energy. Cellulosic biomass is dissolved in a suitable solvent. The solution is used as a feed for a fuel cell. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203399 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS WITH HOT ZONES HAVING IMPROVED REACTANT DISTRIBUTION - A Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system having a hot zone with a center cathode air feed tube for improved reactant distribution, a CPOX reactor attached at the anode feed end of the hot zone with a tail gas combustor at the opposing end for more uniform heat distribution, and a counter-flow heat exchanger for efficient heat retention. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203400 | HUMIDIFIER MEMBRANE - A passive humidifier membrane includes polyolefin with a plurality of pores, wherein the average pore size of the plurality of pores is 0.05 μm to 0.4 μm as established by a PMI Capillary Flow Porometer. The humidifier membrane is virtually airtight while providing a high transfer rate of water. Transfer of heat is also high. The humidifier membrane is particularly suitable for heat exchange and water transfer between fluids and, it is particularly useful for applications inside or outside fuel cells such as PEMFC. The membrane is also particularly useful in the application as humidifier for air or oxygen. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203401 | HUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM USING INJECTOR FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A humidification system using an injector for a fuel cell stack includes: a fuel cell separator including a reaction flow field, and an air inlet port and an air outlet port formed at a front portion and an end portion of the reaction flow field, respectively; a humidification chamber provided at a part of or the whole length of the front portion of the reaction flow field of the separator; and an injector mounted at a starting point of the humidification chamber to inject a mixture of water and air into the humidification chamber. With the system, humidification efficiency can be improved and/or maximized without an increase in the volume of the fuel cell stack. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203402 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system and method for driving the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system includes i) a fuel supply unit, ii) a fuel cell stack in fluid communication with the fuel supply unit, wherein the fuel cell stack has a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet and iii) a bypass pipe configured to transfer fuel received from the fuel supply unit to a fuel outflow pipe connected to the fuel outlet. In one embodiment, the driving method includes i) receiving fuel from a fuel supply unit, ii) transferring the received fuel to a fuel outflow pipe connected to a fuel outlet of a fuel cell stack and iii) discharging non-reacted fuel from a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack. | 2010-08-12 |
20100203403 | HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation apparatus | 2010-08-12 |
20100203404 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a first heating mechanism for supplying part of an exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack after consumption in power generation reaction to a reformer, a second heating mechanism for supplying the remaining exhaust gas to a heat exchanger and supplying heat generated in the heat exchanger to the reformer, a condenser where the exhaust gas discharged from the reformer and the heater exchanger is supplied, a flow rate regulator valve provided downstream of the condenser for regulating the flow rate of the exhaust gas supplied in the reformer, and a control device for controlling the flow rate regulator valve such that operation condition values during a thermally self-sustained operation of the fuel cell system are maintained. A method of operating such a fuel cell system is also provided. | 2010-08-12 |