Patents Assigned to SOFOCo-EFS Holdings, LLC
  • Internal fuel staging for improved fuel cell performance
    Patent number: 6852442
    Abstract: A fuel cell having an anode and a cathode side with fuel flowing over the anode side and air over the cathode side has a staging plate located on the anode side of the fuel cell to divide the flow of fuel to two different sections of the anode. A second staging plate may be used to divide the flow of fuel to three different sections of the anode and various apertures may be formed in the plates, such as rectangles triangles or ovals, to direct fuel flow to desired areas of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: SOFOCo-EFS Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Milind V. Kantak, Thomas L. Cable