Patents by Inventor Paul Rowntree

Paul Rowntree 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).

  • Solid electrolyte fuel cell supported by an integrated reformer
    Patent number: 7670703
    Abstract: The solid oxide fuel cell can comprise: an electroconductive and porous reformer including a catalytically active material and shaped to constitute a solid slab having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of adjacent grooves along the first surface, and flat regions adjacent the plurality of grooves; an anode layer covering the plurality of grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape; an electrolyte layer covering the anode layer over the plurality of grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape, and extending over the flat regions; and a cathode layer covering the electrolyte layer over the grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee Socpra Sciences Et Genie S.E.C.
    Inventors: François Gitzhofer, Andrzej Lasia, Nicolas Abatzoglou, Paul Rowntree, Jerzy Jurewicz, Gessie Brisard, Hugues Ménard, Maher Boulos
  • Solid electrolyte fuel cell supported by an integrated reformer
    Publication number: 20050153177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a reformer for supporting the solid oxide fuel cell, an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode. The reformer includes an electroconductive mixture of active material and a polymeric ceramic material shaped to constitute a slab having an upper surface and a lower surface and grooves along at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface and flat regions along the periphery of the grooved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Francois Gitzhofer, Andrzej Lasia, Nicolas Abatzoglou, Paul Rowntree, Jerzy Jurewicz, Gessie Brisard, Hugues Menard, Maher Boulos