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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Richard A. Langan, Parma, OH (US);
Chad E. Law, Milan, OH (US);
Jason L. Stimits, Avon, OH (US);
Mark D. Vandayburg, Westlake, OH (US);
Gerald A. Zsigo, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Thomas J. Kmetich, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Craig R. Huddleston, Lakewood, OH (US);
Paul D. Griffith, Jr., North Olmsted, OH (US);
Andrew Jasin, Avon, OH (US);
Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A packaged fuel unit and a refillable hydrogen generator that uses the fuel unit to produce hydrogen gas are disclosed. The fuel unit includes a reactant that can undergo a thermal decomposition reaction that produces hydrogen gas when heated to at least a minimum initiation temperature. The reactant is contained within a package that includes a poor thermal conductor with one or more thermal conductor sections for conducting heat from outside the package to the reactant. The hydrogen generator includes a holder with a cavity in which the fuel unit can be removably disposed and a heating system for heating the fuel unit when disposed therein. The hydrogen generator can be part of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery that is provided with hydrogen gas from the hydrogen generator.