METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY IN TAPE TYPE FUEL CELL

• US 3,454,429 A
• Filed: 03/29/1966
• Issued: 07/08/1969
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bernard A. Gruber
• Original Assignee: Bernard A. Gruber
• Inventors: Gruber, Bernard A.
• Application Number:
  US04/538,248
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• US Class Current: 429/50
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/00 Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof

Claims

1. THE METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY IN A FUEL CELL WHEREIN SAID CELL COMPRISES ANODE AND CATHODE CURRENT COLLECTORS, FUEL CELL ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION COMPONENTS COMPRISING ELECTROLYTE, FUEL OXIDANT AND ACTIVE ANODE AND CATHODE MATERIALS, ACTIVE ELECTRODE SITES FROM WHICH SAID COLLECTORS, CONVEY AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO AN EXTERNAL ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND A MOBILE SEPARATOR COMPRISING A BODY OF ELECTROLYTICALLY PERMEABLY MATERIAL DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC MOTOR MEANS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING. (A) MOVING SAID SEPARATOR PAS SAID ACTIVE ELECTRODE SITES BY SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR MEANS;

AND (B) DRIVING SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR MEANS BY PART OF THE POWER OUTPUT FROM SAID FUEL CELL WHILE SUPPLYING FUEL, OXIDANT AND ELECTROLYTE AT THE ACTIVE ELECTRODE SITES.