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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:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ruichun Jiang, Rochester, NY (US);
Matthew Dioguardi, Rochester, NY (US);
Scott C. Moose, Victor, NY (US);
Craig Gittleman, Rochester, NY (US);
John P. Healy, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Bradley M. Houghtaling, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/88 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8828 (2013.01); H01M 8/1004 (2013.01); H01M 4/8807 (2013.01); Y02E 60/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for fabricating a reinforced membrane electrode assembly having one or more freestanding external reinforcement layers. The method comprises providing a freestanding external reinforcement layer, and depositing a catalyst solution and membrane solution onto at least a portion of the freestanding external reinforcement layer.