Patents by Inventor Marie A. Schnitzer

Marie A. Schnitzer 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).

  • Methods of treating fuel cells and fuel cell systems
    Publication number: 20050136298
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention features a method including contacting a first gas to an anode of a fuel cell, and contacting a second gas to a cathode of the fuel cell. The first gas is capable of interacting with the anode to form protons, and the second gas is substantially free of a gas capable of being reduced by the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Manikandan Ramani, David Bodner, Matthew Miller, Marie Schnitzer, Richard Miklas
  • Fuel cell reactant delivery system
    Publication number: 20030104261
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to fuel cell reactant delivery systems and methods for delivering fuel to fuel cell systems, where air or oxygen is injected into a fuel stream containing hydrogen, such that a portion of the hydrogen reacts with the oxygen to form water that humidifies a fuel cell membrane as the fuel stream is passed into the fuel cell. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to dead-headed, pure hydrogen PEM fuel cell systems, but the invention is also applicable to other fuel cell system configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Plug Power Inc.
    Inventors: Marie A. Schnitzer, Arne W. Ballantine, Scott K. Lobdell, Sean S. Lyons