Patents by Inventor Eric Mettler

Eric Mettler 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).

  • INTEGRATED AND MODULAR BSP/MEA/MANIFOLD PLATES FOR FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20080070081
    Abstract: The present invention concerns improvements in fuel cell fabrication. It concerns an improved, integrated and modular BSP/MEA/Manifolds, which facilitates single cell (module) leak and performance testing prior to assembly in a fuel cell stack as well as facilitating manufacturing and cost reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: ALTERGY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jerrold Franklin, Eric Mettler
  • Electrical contacts for fuel cells
    Publication number: 20050026020
    Abstract: A laminar electrical contact for fuel cells is disclosed. By optimizing the contact area and pressure between a separator plate and a membrane electrode assembly, the lamina of the present invention improves fuel cell efficiency and performance. The lamina may rest upon compliant members or springs that push the lamina into the adjoining membrane electrode assembly, thereby assuring continuous and robust electrical contact between the separator plate and the membrane electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Jerrold Franklin, Eric Mettler
  • Compliant electrical contacts for fuel cell use
    Publication number: 20050014057
    Abstract: This invention provides arrays of independently acting compliant electrical contacts within a fuel cell. These contacts maintain electrical contact between a plate and the adjacent membrane electrode assembly, and provide substantially uniform internal pressure distribution and substantially uniform electrical contact. In one embodiment, the electrical contacts are springs, which can take a variety of forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Jerrold Franklin, Eric Mettler