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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Watt Fuel Cell Corp., Port Washington, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paul DeWald, Glen Cove, NY (US);

Caine Finnerty, Port Washington, NY (US);

Robert P Donley, Golden, CO (US);

Assignee:

WATT AGENT, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/24 (2016.01); F04D 17/12 (2006.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); F04D 25/16 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/00 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); F04D 17/16 (2006.01); H01M 8/124 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 17/12 (2013.01); F04D 17/16 (2013.01); F04D 25/166 (2013.01); F04D 29/281 (2013.01); H01M 8/004 (2013.01); H01M 8/04 (2013.01); H01M 8/04082 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); H01M 8/04746 (2013.01); H01M 8/04776 (2013.01); H01M 8/12 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0071 (2013.01); Y02E 60/525 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell assembly that includes a plurality of individual fuel cells, each fuel cell having an electrolyte medium, a cathode and an anode; and at least one centrifugal blower system for providing a flow of gaseous medium to the fuel cell assembly. The centrifugal blower system includes a series of blower units, each blower unit in the series comprising a casing having an axial inlet and a radial outlet, an impeller disposed within the casing for drawing a gaseous medium at a first pressure in the axial inlet and expelling gaseous medium at a second higher pressure through the radial outlet, and a motor for driving the impeller; and a duct connecting the radial outlet of at least one blower unit in the series of blower units with the axial inlet of at least one successive blower unit in the series of blower units.


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