Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Lance

Joseph R. Lance 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).

  • Heated transportable fuel cell cartridges
    Patent number: 4548875
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack protective system is made where a plurality of fuel cells, each containing liquid electrolyte subject to crystallization, is enclosed by a containing vessel, and where at least one electric heater is placed in the containing vessel and is capable of preventing electrolyte crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Lance, Francis R. Spurrier
  • Air motor drive for fuel cell power plant air circulator
    Patent number: 4517259
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air motor/fan circulator system for circulating air around a fuel cell power plant circuit. The system requires no steam, gas, or electrical penetrations into the fuel cell power plant circuit and further meets the requirements of being able to circulate in excess of one million pounds-mass per hour around the circuit through a pressure difference of about one pound per square inch. The system is suitable for use under fuel cell power plant conditions: a system pressure of several atmospheres and a system temperature of several hundred degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Joseph R. Lance