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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:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Dean Halter, West Hartford, CT (US);
Spyros Nomikos, New Britain, CT (US);
Inventors:
Dean Halter, West Hartford, CT (US);
Spyros Nomikos, New Britain, CT (US);
Assignee:
Proton Energy Systems, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrochemical cell system comprises: a fuel cell module comprising a fuel cell outlet, an electrolysis module comprising an electrolysis water inlet in fluid communication with a water storage device and a hydrogen gas outlet in fluid communication with a hydrogen storage device, and a drainage system disposed downstream of the fuel cell hydrogen outlet and upstream of the water storage device and configured to remove water from the electrochemical cell system upon water within the water storage device attaining a selected level.