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Patent No.:

US 8034496 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2006
Applicant:

Katsuya Hirata, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventor:

Katsuya Hirata, Ibaraki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a highly efficient fuel cell having a fuel reformer which can efficiently recover the exhaust heat from fuel cell stacks and can realize high conversion. In a fuel cell (), a large number of power generating cells () are laminated to constitute a fuel cell stack (). At least four fuel cell stacks () are squarely-arranged in a plane direction in a housing (). A fuel reformer () filled with a reforming catalyst () is arranged in a cross shape in between the mutually facing sides of the fuel cell stacks ().


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Hirata, Katsuya. (2011). Fuel cell (U.S. Patent No. 8034496). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8034496

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