Patents by Inventor Robert J. Porter

Robert J. Porter 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).

  • Perimeter coupling for planar fuel cell and related methods
    Patent number: 9614230
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and articles for coupling a fuel cell layer to a second structure. The fuel cell layer includes a superior fuel cell surface, an inferior fuel cell surface, and a perimeter fuel cell surface. An adhesive structure is adhered to the superior, inferior, and perimeter fuel cell surfaces to form a coupling or seal between the fuel cell layer and the second structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Schrooten, Ales Horky, Paul Sobejko, Robert J. Porter
  • Enhanced bonding in fuel cells
    Patent number: 9318754
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles relating to enhanced bonding of layers in a planar fuel cell. A planar fuel cell having a composite layer is bonded to an outer layer (e.g., a fuel or fluid manifold) using intrusions that extend through an electrolyte layer and into an underlying layer (e.g., a substrate component or a current-collector component).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Intelligent Energy Limited, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Sobejko, Shinichiro Imura, David Lo, Goro Fujita, Takashi Yasuo, Alexey Demykin, Robert J. Porter
  • PERIMETER COUPLING FOR PLANAR FUEL CELL AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140329170
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and articles for coupling a fuel cell layer to a second structure. The fuel cell layer includes a superior fuel cell surface, an inferior fuel cell surface, and a perimeter fuel cell surface. An adhesive structure is adhered to the superior, inferior, and perimeter fuel cell surfaces to form a coupling or seal between the fuel cell layer and the second structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Jeremy Schrooten, Ales Horky, Paul Sobejko, Robert J. Porter
  • ENHANCED BONDING IN FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20140234745
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles relating to enhanced bonding of layers in a planar fuel cell. A planar fuel cell having a composite layer is bonded to an outer layer (e.g., a fuel or fluid manifold) using intrusions that extend through an electrolyte layer and into an underlying layer (e.g., a substrate component or a current-collector component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Sobejko, Shinichiro Imura, David Lo, Goro Fujita, Takashi Yasuo, Alexey Demykin, Robert J. Porter
  • Surface texture configuration for CVT pulley
    Patent number: 7276002
    Abstract: A pulley engageable with a belt for use in a continuously variable transmission includes first and second pulley halves rotatable about an axis and relatively moveable in a direction of the axis. The pulley halves include truncated conical portions symmetrically opposed to each other and outer surfaces which are axially opposed to each other and sloped relative to the axis. The outer surfaces have a circumferential roughness average (Ra,y) measured in a direction (y) circumferential to the axis between approximately 0.15 and 1.0 micrometer. The outer surfaces have a radial roughness average (Ra,x) measured in a direction (x) radial to the axis, and a ratio Ra,x/Ra,y between approximately 0.5 and 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yucong Wang, Beizhi Zhou, Serge V. Guillot, Robert J. Porter, Sohail A. Khan, Chester N. Grant