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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:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Applicants:
David Champion, Lebanon, OR (US);
Gregory S Herman, Albany, OR (US);
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Joseph W Tsang, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
David Champion, Lebanon, OR (US);
Gregory S Herman, Albany, OR (US);
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Joseph W Tsang, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for elevating a temperature within a fuel cell having a cathode, an electrolyte and an anode, includes, prior to the electrolyte reaching a minimum temperature at which oxygen ions cross the electrolyte, conducting an exothermic reaction at the cathode or the anode to elevate the temperature within the fuel cell.