Hydrogen generating fuel cell cartridges

US7896934B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SOCIETE BIC · FR

Inventors

• Andrew J. Curello · Hamden, US
• Floyd Fairbanks · Naugatuck, US
• Constance R. Stepan · Oxford, US
• Anthony Sgroi, Jr. · Wallingford, US
• Michael Curello · Clinton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/87949
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A gas-generating apparatus (10) includes a reaction chamber (18) containing a solid fuel component (24) and a liquid fuel component (22) that is introduced into the reaction chamber by a fluid path, such as a tube, nozzle, or valve. The flow of the liquid fuel to the solid fuel is self-regulated. Other embodiments of the gas-generating apparatus are also disclosed.