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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. 25, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leslie L. Van Dine, Manchester, CT (US);
Bryan Murach, New Britain, CT (US);
Paul R. Margiott, South Windsor, CT (US);
Joshua D. Isom, Ellington, CT (US);
Assignee:
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ; C01B 3/24 ; C01B 3/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ; C01B 3/24 ; C01B 3/36 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell for reacting a hydrogen rich gas; a fuel processor system for converting a hydrocarbon fuel-steam mixture into said hydrogen rich gas; and a system for preparing the hydrocarbon fuel-steam mixture which includes (a) structure for superheating a hydrocarbon fuel so as to provide a superheated fuel, and (b) structure for mixing water with the superheated fuel so as to provide the hydrocarbon fuel-steam mixture.