Patents by Inventor Gregory Pacifico

Gregory Pacifico 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).

  • Capturing heat from a fuel cell stack
    Publication number: 20070259223
    Abstract: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes flowing a fluid through the fuel cell stack to remove thermal energy from the stack. The technique includes flowing the fluid through an expander to produce electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Penev, James Carucci, Richard Cutright, Christopher Chuah, Gregory Pacifico
  • Fuel cell system with acid trap
    Publication number: 20070238002
    Abstract: We disclose a system that includes a fuel cell which during operation exhausts a fluid composition that includes an acid or a derivative of the acid, and an acid trap arranged to receive the fluid composition and configured to reduce a concentration of the acid or the derivative of the acid in the fluid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Lucilla Schaap, Mihail Penev, Wayne Huang, Nazarali Merchant, Dick Lieftink, Christopher Chuah, Gregory Pacifico, Richard Cutright
  • Fuel cell stack
    Publication number: 20070141438
    Abstract: A flow plate for a fuel cell includes an active area to communicate a reactant flow to a membrane electrode assembly. The flow plate also includes a recessed region that is substantially the same size as the active area and receives the membrane electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Hamm, Gregory Pacifico
  • Fuel cell stack and method of making same
    Publication number: 20060134498
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that includes fuel cell plates. The fuel cell system includes a retainer to maintain a total compression force on the fuel cell plates between approximately 5 to 40 pounds per square inch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Hamm, Kurt Laurer, Gregory Pacifico