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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:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Applicants:
John F. Cooper, Oakland, CA (US);
Nerine Cherepy, Oakland, CA (US);
Roger L. Krueger, Ripon, CA (US);
Inventors:
John F. Cooper, Oakland, CA (US);
Nerine Cherepy, Oakland, CA (US);
Roger L. Krueger, Ripon, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M002/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Bipolar, tilted embodiments of high temperature, molten electrolyte electrochemical cells capable of directly converting carbon fuel to electrical energy are disclosed herein. The bipolar, tilted configurations minimize the electrical resistance between one cell and others connected in electrical series. The tilted configuration also allows continuous refueling of carbon fuel.