Patents by Inventor Stephen Pyke

Stephen Pyke 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).

  • Glass-ceramic coatings and sealing arrangements and their use in fuel cells
    Patent number: 6656625
    Abstract: To provide effective seals between the separator plates of fuel cells, particularly planar solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC's), a method of applying a glass-ceramic coating to such a separator plate comprises providing a laminar body incorporating a glass powder, e.g., a tape-cast sheet, forming a bond between the laminar body and the separator plate to form. an assembly comprising the separator plate and the laminar body, and heat-treating the assembly to convert the glass powder to a glass-ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Alstom UK Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Anthony Wood, Stephen Pyke