Patents by Inventor JOSEPH P. McINERNEY

JOSEPH P. McINERNEY 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).

  • Manifold assembly for controlling gas flow and flow distribution in a fuel cell stack
    Patent number: 8911914
    Abstract: A manifold assembly for use with a fuel cell stack for the purpose of ensuring a desired flow distribution to fuel cells within the stack, with the most commonly desired being uniform flow distribution. Said manifold assembly comprising: an external manifold for abutting and sealingly enclosing a face of the fuel cell stack, wherein the manifold comprises an enclosure for one of: providing inlet gas to the fuel cell stack and receiving exhaust gas from said fuel cell stack; and one or more baffles disposed in the enclosure of the external manifold, the one or more baffles one of: (a) controlling gas flow distribution and direction of the inlet gas from the enclosure to fuel cells of the fuel cell stack to achieve a predetermined distribution or a uniform distribution; and (b) controlling gas flow distribution of the exhaust gas flow within the enclosure to achieve the predetermined distribution or the uniform distribution of gas to fuel cells of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: FuelCell Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. McInerney, Louis F. Ernst, Jr., Mohammad Farooque, Ramakrishnan Venkataraman, Eric Hansell, Daniela Nedu, Keith Davis, William Snyder, Michael Quatannens
  • MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING GAS FLOW AND FLOW DISTRIBUTION IN A FUEL CELL STACK
    Publication number: 20120196202
    Abstract: A manifold assembly for use with a fuel cell stack for the purpose of ensuring a desired flow distribution to fuel cells within the stack, with the most commonly desired being uniform flow distribution. Said manifold assembly comprising: an external manifold for abutting and sealingly enclosing a face of the fuel cell stack, wherein the manifold comprises an enclosure for one of: providing inlet gas to the fuel cell stack and receiving exhaust gas from said fuel cell stack; and one or more baffles disposed in the enclosure of the external manifold, the one or more baffles one of: (a) controlling gas flow distribution and direction of the inlet gas from the enclosure to fuel cells of the fuel cell stack to achieve a predetermined distribution or a uniform distribution; and (b) controlling gas flow distribution of the exhaust gas flow within the enclosure to achieve the predetermined distribution or the uniform distribution of gas to fuel cells of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: FuelCell Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: JOSEPH P. McINERNEY, Louis F. Ernst, JR., Mohammad Farooque, Ramakrishnan Venkataraman, Eric Hansell, Daniela Nedu, Keith Davis, William Snyder, Michael Quatannens