Patents by Inventor Thierry Baffie

Thierry Baffie 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).

  • Patent number: 9755260
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high temperature electrolyzer (HTE) or a high temperature fuel cell is disclosed. According to one aspect, the HTE includes a vertical stack of n elementary planar cells alternating with n+1 interconnection plates. Each of the elementary cells include a planar porous anode and a planar porous cathode each having cutouts formed therein. The anode and cathode are respectively positioned on each of the faces of a planar dense electrolyte. Brazed joints are formed by infiltration of a defined amount of a brazing composition in the electrodes at contact points between the elementary cells and the interconnection plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Thierry Baffie, Julien Cigna
  • Publication number: 20120018493
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high temperature electrolyzer <<HTE>> or a high temperature fuel cell <<SOFC>>, comprising a vertical stack of n elementary planar cells alternating with n+1 interconnection plates, each of the elementary cells consisting of an openworked planar porous anode and an openworked planar porous cathode respectively positioned on each of the faces of a planar dense electrolyte, and brazed joints being made by infiltration of a defined amount of brazing in the electrodes at contact points between the elementary cells and the interconnection plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat a l energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Thierry Baffie, Julien Cigna