Patents by Inventor Paschal A. Sciarra

Paschal A. Sciarra 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 forming a fuel cell electrode using a resole binder
    Patent number: 6916574
    Abstract: A method for forming an electrode for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method comprises combining an electrically conductive material (e.g., graphite) and a solid grindable resole resin binder, the binder being essentially free of nitrogen and nitrogen-containing compounds, and consolidating the electrically conductive material and the binder to form the fuel cell electrode. The use of a solid, grindable, single stage, nitrogen-free resole resin binder serves to increase the operating life of the electrode. One example binder comprises the reaction product of bisphenol A and a molar excess of an aldehyde, such as formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Plastics Engineering Company
    Inventors: Phillip A. Waitkus, Bohumir B. Lepeska, Theodore N. Morrison, Paschal A. Sciarra
  • Method for forming a fuel cell electrode using a resole binder
    Publication number: 20040058801
    Abstract: A method for forming an electrode for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method comprises combining an electrically conductive material (e.g., graphite) and a solid grindable resole resin binder, the binder being essentially free of nitrogen and nitrogen-containing compounds, and consolidating the electrically conductive material and the binder to form the fuel cell electrode. The use of a solid, grindable, single stage, nitrogen-free resole resin binder serves to increase the operating life of the electrode. One example binder comprises the reaction product of bisphenol A and a molar excess of an aldehyde, such as formaldehyde.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Phillip A. Waitkus, Bohumir B. Lepeska, Theodore N. Morrison, Paschal A. Sciarra