Patents by Inventor John BETTEY

John BETTEY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for the manufacture of membrane electrode assemblies
    Patent number: 11398639
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for the manufacture of membrane electrode assemblies, comprising: a first carriage traversable along a first track, the first carriage having a support platform; a second carriage traversable along a second track, the second carriage having a support platform; sheet supplying means for supplying sheets comprising a gas diffusion layer onto the support platforms of the carriages; and supply means for supplying a continuous web comprising an ion-conducting membrane between at least a portion of the first and second tracks, wherein the system is arranged to align the first and second carriages either side of the continuous web with the support platforms of the first and second carriages facing the continuous web, whereby the system is suitable for adhering sheets carried thereby to opposite sides of the continuous web in an aligned configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited
    Inventors: John Bettey, Richard Cunliffe, Stewart Huxley, Lee Alan Sweetland
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20190237788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for the manufacture of membrane electrode assemblies, comprising: a first carriage traversable along a first track, the first carriage having a support platform; a second carriage traversable along a second track, the second carriage having a support platform; sheet supplying means for supplying sheets comprising a gas diffusion layer onto the support platforms of the carriages; and supply means for supplying a continuous web comprising an ion-conducting membrane between at least a portion of the first and second tracks, wherein the system is arranged to align the first and second carriages either side of the continuous web with the support platforms of the first and second carriages facing the continuous web, whereby the system is suitable for adhering sheets carried thereby to opposite sides of the continuous web in an aligned configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: John BETTEY, Richard CUNLIFFE, Stewart HUXLEY, Lee Alan SWEETLAND