Integrated fuel-cell/steam plant for electrical generation
It is an object of the invention to reduce the pollution caused by fossil fueled power plants. It is yet another object of the invention to increase the efficiency of power plants. It is still another... Read More
Inventors: Hsu, Michael S.;, Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
Sealed prismatic storage battery
The present invention provides a sealed prismatic storage battery having a high volumetric energy density and using a battery case with a high compressivity A sealed prismatic storage battery in accor... Read More
Inventors: Morishita, Nobuyasu; Hamada, Shinji; Okamoto, Miho; Ikoma, Munehisa;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Steel product with heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant plating layers
OF THE INVENTION The steel product pertaining to the present invention includes sheets, pipes, couplings, clamps, bolts, nuts, and the like. The steel product also includes a comparatively thin lap-w... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Teruhisa; Takahata, Seiya;, Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. (Shizuoka, JP) |
Thermo-transfer ribbon
OF THE INVENTION According to the invention, the initially named thermo-transfer ribbon is refined in such a manner that there is no necessity for the formation of a top coat or a two-layered thermo-... Read More
Inventors: Krauter, Heinrich;, Assignee: Pelikan Produktions AG (Zurich, CH) |
Apparatus for cooling strip like material
I claim: 1. An apparatus for cooling varying width relatively flat strip produced by a hot strip mill, comprising: header means mounted over a passing strip and receiving coolant medium, a number of d... Read More
Inventors: Greenberger, Joseph Irwin;, Assignee: Wean United, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Galvanic element
I claim: 1. A galvanic element having a negative electrode of a strongly electro-positive metal, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a positive electrode containing silver compounds, characterized in that ... Read More
Inventors: Lauck, Helmut;, Assignee: Varta Batterie Aktiengesellschaft (Hannover, DT) |
Battery
What we claim: 1. A battery comprising: a collector rod serving also as a winding core and having at one end thereof a flange formed into a non-circle shape, positioning means formed at said flange, a... Read More
Inventors: Ikeda, Hironosuke; Noda, Shigeaki; Yoshida, Seiki;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Moriguchi, JP) |
Lithium halide primary cell having end of life indicator means
Generally, the present invention is adaptable to lithium halide batteries having at least one lithium anode, one of the major surfaces of which is contact with a depolarizer such as the depolarizer di... Read More
Inventors: O'Boyle, Matthew;, Assignee: Catalyst Research Corporation (Baltimore, MD) |
Electrolyte for a lithium/thionyl chloride electric cell, a method of preparing said electrolyte and an electric cell which includes said electrolyte
The present invention provides an electrolyte for an electric cell whose negative active material is constituted by lithium and whose positive active material is constituted by thionyl chloride, the e... Read More
Inventors: Gabano, Jean-Paul;, Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: GIPELEC (Levallois-Perret, FR) |
Additive for zinc electrodes
We claim: 1. A zinc electrode for a cell having KOH or NaOH electrolyte, said electrode containing from about 5% to about 10% by weight of Ba(OH).sub.2 8H.sub.2 O. 2. The electrode of claim 1 wherein ... Read More
Inventors: Soltis, Daniel G.; Sheibley, Dean W.; Nagle, William J.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
Recording medium
An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium comprising an amorphous thin layer as a recording carrier which is stable magnetically and thermally for recording a binary... Read More
Inventors: Togami, Yuji;, Assignee: Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Tokyo, JP) |
Low-loss and low-torque ACSR conductors
We claim: 1. An ACSR conductor having three or more layers of aluminum conductor strands helically wound around a steel core, the layers being wound alternately in right-handed and left-handed helices... Read More
Inventors: Nigol, Olaf; Barrett, John S.; Green, Martin A.;, Assignee: |
Multi-layer sheet structure, method of making same and containers made therefrom
The foregoing objects and advantages of the present invention are realized by providing a unique multi-layer laminate sheet structure, including an oriented substructure, which can be formed into cont... Read More
Inventors: Redding, Dwight D.;, Assignee: American National Can Company (Chicago, IL) |
Multiple symbol differential detection
The need in the art is addressed by the present invention which provides a differential detection technique for MPSK signals which uses a multiple symbol observation interval on the basis of which a j... Read More
Inventors: Divsalar, Dariush; Simon, Marvin K.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
Bonding of pure metal films to ceramics
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The invention is both a method and a structure whereby metals are joined to oxide ceramics by the interaction of the metal and an intermediary oxide. When a metal and cera... Read More
Inventors: Flaitz, Philip L.; Master, Raj N.; Palmateer, Paul H.; Reddy, Srinivasa S. N.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Yttrium enriched aluminide coating for superalloys
I claim: 1. An article having resistance to oxidation and thermal mechanical fatigue comprising a substrate selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co base superalloys, and an aluminide coating 0... Read More
Inventors: Gupta, Dinesh K.;, Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT) |
Preceramic composition containing silicon based powder
The polysilazane used in the practice of the invention may be any polysilazane that is soluble in common organic solvents, such as aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons or dialkyl or alicyclic ethers; a... Read More
Inventors: Niebylski, Leonard M.;, Assignee: Ethyl Corporation (Richmond, VA) |
Cemented carbonitride alloys
OF THE INVENTION The important feature of the present invention consists in the finding that, if a part of C in the MC phase is replaced by N, the WC-depositing zone is shifted to the low concentrati... Read More
Inventors: Yamamoto, Takaharu; Nomura, Toshio; Asai, Tsuyoshi; Hara, Akio;, Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JA) |
High performance cermet electrodes
What we claim is: 1. A method of increasing the cell voltage of an electrochemical cell having a porous metal electrode in contact with a oxygen-transporting vapor deposited ceramic electrolyte compri... Read More
Inventors: Isenberg, Arnold O.; Zymboly, Gregory E.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Electrode for fuel cell
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The porous sheet to be used for the fuel cell electrode according to the present invention should desirably have its porosity of, for example, 50% or above (or preferably,... Read More
Inventors: Mitsunaga, Tatsuo; Miyoshi, Hideaki;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Electrochemical cells
It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide an improved form of cathode current collector for use in sodium-sulphur cells. According to the present invention, in a sodium-sulphur cell... Read More
Inventors: Markin, Trevor Leslie; Bones, Roger John; Scott, Keith Taylor; May, Geoffrey John; Robinson, Graham;, Assignee: Chloride Silent Power Limited (London, GB2) |
Battery cathode and method of making same
To fabricate from MoS.sub.2 a battery cathode which comprises MoO.sub.2 as a cathode-active material, particles of MoS.sub.2 are oxidized to form MoO.sub.2 or MoO.sub.3. In cases where MoO.sub.2 is f... Read More
Inventors: Haering, Rudolph R.; Stiles, James A. R.; Brandt, Klaus;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for crimping brush contacts
Having described in the invention what is claimed is: 1. In combination with a crimping apparatus of the type adapted to crimp one of the ends of a plurality of wires in a metal sleeve holder, includi... Read More
Inventors: Costello, Samuel J.; Sohne, Eric R.;, Assignee: Allied Corporation (Morristown, NJ) |
Fuel cell electrolyte supply system and apparatus
OF THE INVENTION In FIG. 1 of the drawings, I have diagrammatically illustrated my new system and apparatus related to the anode and ion exchange sections X and Y of one metal/air fuel cell C of a ba... Read More
Inventors: Struthers, Ralph C.;, Assignee: |
Method of producing furnace carbon black
OF THE INVENTION The invention is explained in more detail below in two embodiments with reference made to two advantageous reactor designs shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section ... Read More
Inventors: Schaefer, Gurhard; Kopietz, Peter;, Assignee: KG Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH & Co. (Dortmund, DE); Degussa Aktiengesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main, DE) |
Protective interlayer for high temperature solid electrolyte electrochemical cells
The above problems have been solved and the above needs met, most generally, by providing a novel doped yttrium chromite, as an interlayer which is electrically conductive, permeable to oxygen and pro... Read More
Inventors: Isenberg, Arnold O.; Ruka, Roswell J.; Zymboly, Gregory E.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Separator for starved electrolyte lead/acid battery
OF THE INVENTION The articles utilizing the compositions of this invention are denominated "separators" for the starved electrolyte lead/acid batteries, following the nomenclature of the prior patent... Read More
Inventors: Gross, Stephen E.; Cain, Jr., Clifford W.; Bilawsky, Paul D.; Scheffel, Norman B.;, Assignee: Johns-Manville Corporation (Denver, CO) |
Storage of electrical energy with tin electrode system, storage apparatus, and method of forming such apparatus
According to the present invention, a novel system for storing electrical energy is provided which comprises simple and inexpensive construction materials. The system can be advantageously used for th... Read More
Inventors: Manassen, Joost; Hodes, Gary; Cahen, David;, Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd. (Rehovot, IL) |
Sealed lithium-type electrochemical cell
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A sealed lithium electrochemical cell comprising a casing, an anode positioned within the casing, the anode selec... Read More
Inventors: Farrington, Gregory C.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Lithium halide cell
Pursuant to the present invention, lithium-halide primary cells can be made having a variety of lengths utilizing a single mold. In a preferred method, the cathode and anode leads, respectively, are e... Read More
Inventors: Schneider, Alan A.;, Assignee: Catalyst Research Corporation (Baltimore, MD) |
Fuel Cells 
