Patents by Inventor Nathan Ben Erlin

Nathan Ben Erlin 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 and systems for fuel cell stack sintering and conditioning
    Patent number: 9837670
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sintering and conditioning fuel cell stacks utilizing channel guides, baffles, and internal compression systems are provided. Sintering and conditioning may be performed utilizing a fuel cell column cartridge assembly and fuel cell stacks may be sintered and conditioned at the system level during the same annealing cycle on the same support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthias Gottmann, Nathan Ben Erlin, Kurt Risic, Stephen Couse, David Edmonston
  • Measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources
    Patent number: 9647283
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable contact or non-contact voltage probe that measures a voltage of an array element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Matthew Fisher, Ian Russell, Chad Pearson, Robert Hintz, Nathan Ben Erlin, David Edmonston, Stephen Couse, Michael Dubuk
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FUEL CELL STACK SINTERING AND CONDITIONING
    Publication number: 20150255807
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sintering and conditioning fuel cell stacks utilizing channel guides, baffles, and internal compression systems are provided. Sintering and conditioning may be performed utilizing a fuel cell column cartridge assembly and fuel cell stacks may be sintered and conditioned at the system level during the same annealing cycle on the same support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Gottmann, Nathan Ben Erlin, Kurt Risic, Stephen Couse, David Edmonston
  • Methods and systems for fuel cell stack sintering and conditioning
    Patent number: 9065127
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sintering and conditioning fuel cell stacks utilizing channel guides, baffles, and internal compression systems are provided. Sintering and conditioning may be performed utilizing a fuel cell column cartridge assembly and fuel cell stacks may be sintered and conditioned at the system level during the same annealing cycle on the same support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthias Gottmann, Nathan Ben Erlin, Kurt Risic, Stephen Couse, David Edmonston
  • MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING VOLTAGES ALONG A LINEAR ARRAY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20150162631
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable contact or non-contact voltage probe that measures a voltage of an array element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: John Matthew Fisher, Ian Russell, Chad Pearson, Robert Hintz, Nathan Ben Erlin, David Edmonston, Stephen Couse, Michael Dubuk
  • Measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources
    Patent number: 8993191
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable contact or non-contact voltage probe that measures a voltage of an array element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Bloom Energy Corporation
    Inventors: John Matthew Fisher, Ian Russell, Chad Pearson, Robert Hintz, Nathan Ben Erlin, David Edmonston, Stephen Couse, Michael Dubuk
  • MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING VOLTAGES ALONG A LINEAR ARRAY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20130029245
    Abstract: A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable contact or non-contact voltage probe that measures a voltage of an array element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Bloom Energy Corporation
    Inventors: John Matthew Fisher, Ian Russell, Chad Pearson, Robert Hintz, Nathan Ben Erlin, David Edmonston, Stephen Couse, Michael Dubuk