Patents by Inventor Gerbard Beckmann

Gerbard Beckmann 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).

  • Apparatus and method for controlling undesired water and fuel transport in a fuel cell
    Patent number: 6866952
    Abstract: A layered membrane or membrane electrode assembly for use with a direct oxidation fuel cell provides reduced water carryover and fuel crossover while maintaining a high total protonic exchange between anode and cathode. A layer of material which is substantially impermeable to water and fuel, but which is foraminous to allow contact between adjacent protonically conductive layers, is used to significantly increase the system's carryover resistance while only modestly increasing the total reaction resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Corey, Gerbard Beckmann
  • Apparatus and method for controlling undesired water and fuel transport in a fuel cell
    Publication number: 20020155334
    Abstract: A layered membrane or membrane electrode assembly for use with a direct oxidation fuel cell provides reduced water carryover and fuel crossover while maintaining a high total protonic exchange between anode and cathode. A layer of material which is substantially impermeable to water and fuel, but which is foraminous to allow contact between adjacent protonically conductive layers, is used to significantly increase the system's carryover resistance while only modestly increasing the total reaction resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: John A. Corey, Gerbard Beckmann