Patents Assigned to SFCo-EFS Holdings, LLC
  • High performance ceramic fuel cell interconnect with integrated flowpaths and method for making same
    Patent number: 6949307
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and assembly related to solid oxide fuel cell interconnects is disclosed. In its broadest embodiment, the invention contemplates a multi-layered ceramic interconnect having integrated flow fields and electrical connections. The method of making this interconnect includes judicious selection of materials, formation of appropriate apertures for the flow fields and electrical connectors, and the joining of the layers through a firing and/or sealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: SFCo-EFS Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas L. Cable, Kurt E. Kneidel, Eric A. Barringer, Thomas C. Yuan