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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:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Sitaram Ramaswamy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Kazuo Saito, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Inventors:
Sitaram Ramaswamy, West Hartford, CT (US);
Kazuo Saito, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An example fuel cell component includes an energizeable coating on at least a portion of a surface of the fuel cell component. A controller is configured to energize the energizeable coating to break a bond between any ice and the surface of the fuel cell component.