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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:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Partho Sarkar, Alberta, CA;
Mark Richardson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luis Yamarte, Alberta, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plurality of tubular solid oxide fuel cells are embedded in a solid phase porous foam matrix that serves as a support structure for the fuel cells. The foam matrix has multiple regions with at least one property differing between at least two regions. The properties include porosity, electrical conductivity, and catalyst loading.