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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenji Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/50 ; C01B 6/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/50 ; C01B 6/34 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for activating a hydrogen-absorbing alloy. An embodiment of the present invention includes, compressing and supplying hydrogen from a first container in a hydrogen release condition to a second container in a hydrogen absorption condition via hydrogen piping, which connects the first and second containers, and supplying heat released from the second container to the first container via heating medium piping, which connects the first and second containers, and reversing the hydrogen flow direction and heat supply direction.