Patents by Inventor Noel Miklas

Noel Miklas 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).

  • Starting up and shutting down a fuel cell
    Publication number: 20070154742
    Abstract: A technique to shut down a fuel cell stack includes reducing an oxidant flow through the fuel cell stack, and decreasing the current of the fuel cell stack while maintaining an approximately constant rate of fuel flow to the fuel cell stack. Once the power output of the fuel cell stack reaches zero due to the depletion of oxygen at the cathode, the fuel flow to the fuel cell stack anode is then halted. Then, the stack is either isolated from the reactant streams, or the cathode is briefly purged by the fuel before the stack is isolated from the reactant streams, or both the anode and the cathode are purged in sequence by air before the stack is isolated from the reactant streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Hao Tang, Zhigang Qi, Manikandan Ramani, Kenneth Rush, Lam Wong, Noel Miklas
  • Fuel cell
    Publication number: 20060240292
    Abstract: Fuel cells and related systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Qunhui Guo, Hao Tang, Zhigang Qi, Bin Du, Noel Miklas