Patents by Inventor Douglas Kurz

Douglas Kurz 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).

  • Electrochemical fuel cell component materials and methods of bonding electrochemical fuel cell components
    Publication number: 20050017055
    Abstract: A method of producing a porous flow field material for a bipolar separator plate is provided. The method includes bonding a single layer of wire mesh or bonding together at least two layers of wire mesh to form a porous flow field material, wherein the bonding is achieved by diffusion bonding, continuous resistance welding, continuous sintering, or a combination thereof. Such porous flow filed materials may function as, for example, fluid flow fields, current collectors, gas distribution layers, and/or coolant layers. A method of producing a bipolar separator plate including such porous flow field materials is also provided, wherein the component layers are bonded together by diffusion bonding, continuous resistance welding, continuous sintering, or a combination thereof, thereby forming a bipolar separator plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Douglas Kurz, Clifford Campbell, Sergio De Albuquerque