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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. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl A. Reiser, Stonington, CT (US);
Richard D. Sawyer, Groveton, NH (US);
Assignee:
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
Abstract
Reactant air is drawn through a fuel cell stack ( ) by a pump ( ) connected to the air exhaust manifold ( ). The fuel exhaust ( ) may be connected to the air exhaust ( ) before either being released to atmosphere through a duct ( ), or consumed in a catalytic converter ( ). The fuel cell power plant may be disposed within a casing ( ) so that the fuel exhaust ( ) and/or all fuel leaks may mix with the fresh incoming air ( ) and be reacted on the cathode catalysts to form water. A fuel cell ( ) may have a low profile configuration suitable for mounting beneath the passenger compartment of an automobile.