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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Huddleston, Lakewood, OH (US);
Thomas Kmetich, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Richard Langan, Parma, OH (US);
Chad Law, Milan, CA (US);
Michael Stallard, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Jason Stimits, Avon, OH (US);
Mark Vandayburg, Westlake, OH (US);
Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a fuel unit for a hydrogen generator and methods for producing the fuel unit and the hydrogen generator. A fuel sheet () is made by disposing a plurality of fuel pellets (A-J) containing a hydrogen-containing material on a substrate (), and one or more fuel sheets are formed into a non-cylindrical fuel sheet assembly my moving (e.g., bending) a portion of the fuel sheet () to position pellets adjacent to each other such that adjacent sides of the adjacent pellets lie in essentially parallel planes. A non-cylindrical fuel unit is produced from one or more of the fuel sheet assemblies. Fuel units can be replaceably disposed in a hydrogen generator, and fuel pellets can be selectively heated to produce hydrogen gas as needed.