Patents by Inventor Karl Strasser

Karl Strasser 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).

  • Patent number: 4317864
    Abstract: A battery consisting of a multiplicity of electrochemical cells, in particular fuel cells for the conversion of at least one gaseous reactant, with electrodes consisting of catalytic material in powder form and spacer screens for the support of the catalytic material, and with pressure pads to compress the entire arrangement, in which, there are provided, between the spacer screens of each two adjacent cells of such a battery, and at the battery ends, metallic contact pieces used as current collectors, each of which contains a cavity to which a pressurized medium is fed in the sense of exerting a uniform pressure on the catalyic material of the adjacent cells, with the cavities of the contact pieces of the battery advantageously connected through channels to the supply system of one of the gaseous reactants, in particular hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Karl Strasser
  • Patent number: 3979224
    Abstract: A fuel cell battery consisting of a plurality of fuel cells which are individually enclosed by plastic frames for reacting gaseous reactants and a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Karl Strasser
  • Patent number: 3935028
    Abstract: An improved fuel cell set for the generation of electrical energy through the reaction of gaseous reactants and a liquid electrolyte which is circulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Strasser, Dieter Hasenauer