Patents by Inventor Lea-Der Chen

Lea-Der Chen 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).

  • Method for processing fluid flows in a micro component reformer system
    Patent number: 6946113
    Abstract: A method for processing separate fluid flows in a micro component system for the production of hydrogen gas used in fuel cells in which a first fluid flow is directed to micro channels formed on one side of a conductive separator maintained in an enclosure, a second fluid flow is directed to micro channels formed on the opposite side of the separator, and laminar flow is maintained in the fluids such that heat transfer between the fluids on the opposite sides of the micro channels is by conduction through the separator and heat transfer within the fluids on the opposite sides of the micro channels is predominantly by convection within the fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James Seaba, Lea-Der Chen
  • Method for processing fluid flows in a micro component reformer system
    Publication number: 20030075311
    Abstract: A method for processing separate fluid flows in a micro component system for the production of hydrogen gas used in fuel cells in which a first fluid flow is directed to micro channels formed on one side of a conductive separator maintained in an enclosure, a second fluid flow is directed to micro channels formed on the opposite side of the separator, and laminar flow is maintained in the fluids such that heat transfer between the fluids on the opposite sides of the micro channels is by conduction through the separator and heat transfer within the fluids on the opposite sides of the micro channels is predominantly by convection within the fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: James Seaba, Lea-Der Chen