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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. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Annette M Brenner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Tai-chiang Yu, Pittsford, NY (US);
Yan Zhang, Victor, NY (US);
Steffen Ruf, Wiesbaden, DE;
Inventors:
Annette M Brenner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Tai-Chiang Yu, Pittsford, NY (US);
Yan Zhang, Victor, NY (US);
Steffen Ruf, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/24 (2006.01); B01J 8/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel processing system is provided for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel. This fuel processing system utilizes a membrane separator to separate the hydrogen from the reformate stream. A CO-reduction and cleanup system works with the membrane separator to increase the production of hydrogen.