Patents Examined by Paul Joseph Ryan
  • Constituents and methods for protecting fuel cell components, including PEMs
    Patent number: 7220509
    Abstract: A fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) that is made up of a membrane sandwiched between first and second electrodes, a contaminant peroxide, damaging to the MEA, and at least one constituent with the contaminant peroxide that prevents, or at least inhibits, decomposition of at least one of the first electrode, the second electrode, the membrane, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Belabbes A Merzougui, Andrew M Mance, Tao Xie, Ion C Halalay