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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uriel M. Oko, Glenmont, NY (US);
James H. Kralick, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
Plug Power LLC, Latham, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a fuel cell system having membranes that are used to humidify reactant gases. The membranes effectively prevent contamination of the reactant gases during humidification. The membranes can be used to purify the reactant gases during humidification.