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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anil Vasudeo Virkar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David W. Prouse, Salt Lake County, UT (US);
Paul C. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Guang-Young Lin, Salt Lake County, UT (US);
Assignee:
Materials and Systems Research, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ; H01M 8/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ; H01M 8/12 ;
Abstract
A metallic interconnect for use in planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stacks with metal gauzes disposed in border pieces at the cathodes and anodes providing the electrical conduction between the cell and an interconnect foil and also providing structure for directing gas across the cell surface.