Patents Examined by Stephen J Essex
  • Patent number: 10724144
    Abstract: A module of the present invention is formed by housing, in a housing container, a cell stack device that includes cell stacks comprising an arrangement of a plurality of cells. The housing container includes a housing chamber that houses the cell stack device; a first gas introduction section provided in a lower portion of the housing chamber and configured to introduce a first gas supplied into the housing chamber; and a first gas circulation section provided on a side of the housing chamber and connected to the first gas introduction section. The width of the first gas circulation section is narrower than the width of the first gas introduction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Oda, Eizou Matsui, Takashi Ono, Masanori Suehiro
  • Patent number: 10224552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas diffusion electrode that includes an electrically conductive carrier, and a porous coating based on an electrochemically active catalyst and a hydrophobic material, wherein the electrode has a first side facing an oxygen-containing gas and a second side facing an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the catalyst comprises a noble metal as a catalytically active component, wherein the hydrophobic material comprises a hydrophobic polymer, and wherein the coating comprising the catalyst has a pore volume from 10 to 500 mm3/g, and a pore diameter in the range from 100 to 10,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Covestro AG
    Inventors: Andreas Bulan, Jürgen Kintrup, Rainer Weber