Patents by Inventor Richard BLAKELEY

Richard BLAKELEY 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).

  • Fuel cell and metallic separator with varied bead seal width and angle
    Patent number: 11011758
    Abstract: A power generation cell (fuel cell) includes a membrane electrode assembly and first and second metallic separators arranged respectively on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen containing gas supply passage, a communication passage bead section (bead seal) that surrounds the oxygen containing gas supply passage, and a bridge section are disposed on the first metallic separator. At a location where the bridge section is disposed, the width of a root section of the communication passage bead section is greater than the width of the root section of the communication passage bead section at other locations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Hond Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishida, Masaaki Sakano, Xi Yang, Liang Xi, Siguang Xu, Richard Blakeley
  • Fuel cell stack
    Patent number: 10297811
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell stack having a plurality of bipolar plates aligned in a stack between a pair of bipolar plates wherein each of the bipolar plates includes an outer bead having an interior cavity; and an inner bead having a trough wherein the inner bead extends into the interior cavity of the outer bead. The trough of the inner bead may be at least about 50% filled with an elastomeric seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC.
    Inventors: Liang Xi, Xi Yang, Siguang Xu, Glenn W Skala, Richard Blakeley, Ronald R Stevens
  • FUEL CELL STACK
    Publication number: 20190088919
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell stack having a plurality of bipolar plates aligned in a stack between a pair of bipolar plates wherein each of the bipolar plates includes an outer bead having an interior cavity; and an inner bead having a trough wherein the inner bead extends into the interior cavity of the outer bead. The trough of the inner bead may be at least about 50% filled with an elastomeric seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Liang Xi, Xi Yang, Siguang Xu, Glenn W Skala, Richard Blakeley, Ronald R Stevens
  • FUEL CELL AND METALLIC SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20180219233
    Abstract: A power generation cell (fuel cell) includes a membrane electrode assembly and first and second metallic separators arranged respectively on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen containing gas supply passage, a communication passage bead section (bead seal) that surrounds the oxygen containing gas supply passage, and a bridge section are disposed on the first metallic separator. At a location where the bridge section is disposed, the width of a root section of the communication passage bead section is greater than the width of the root section of the communication passage bead section at other locations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kentaro ISHIDA, Masaaki SAKANO, Xi YANG, Liang XI, Siguang XU, Richard BLAKELEY