Bistable miniature valve
    11.
    发明授权
    Bistable miniature valve 失效
    双稳态微型阀

    公开(公告)号:US07422191B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-09

    申请号:US11151158

    申请日:2005-06-10

    IPC分类号: F16K31/00 F16K31/18

    摘要: A bistable minivalve includes a movable component, an actuator that is electrostatically, magnetically, or mechanically coupled to the movable component for controllably switching the movable component between open and closed states, and a casing providing structural support. The movable component has an actuation surface [300] movably positioned in the valve conduit and a bistable element attached to the actuation surface providing mechanical stability to the open and closed states of the movable component. The bistable element may be realized as a pair of elastic buckling beams [302, 304] attached at their midpoints to opposite sides of the actuation surface. Optionally, there may also be elastic support beams [306, 308] attached at their endpoints to the actuation surface and attached at their midpoints to the elastic buckling beams.

    摘要翻译: 双稳态小型装置包括可移动部件,静电,磁性或机械耦合到可移动部件的致动器,用于可控地切换可动部件在打开和关闭状态之间,以及提供结构支撑的壳体。 可移动部件具有可移动地定位在阀导管中的致动表面300和连接到致动表面的双稳态元件,为可移动部件的打开和关闭状态提供机械稳定性。 双稳态元件可以被实现为在它们的中点处附接到致动表面的相对侧的一对弹性屈曲梁[302,304]。 可选地,还可以存在弹性支撑梁[306,308],它们在它们的端点处附接到致动表面并且在其中点处附接到弹性屈曲梁。

    Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells
    12.
    发明申请
    Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells 有权
    燃料电池中的热水管理装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080032169A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-07

    申请号:US11807228

    申请日:2007-05-24

    IPC分类号: H01M8/00 B29C45/00

    摘要: A method and device for fuel cell heat and water management is provided. A thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element is provided to the fuel cell spanning from inside to outside the cell. The transport element is deposited between current collector and gas diffusion layers, where heat is transported along the transport element from an interior portion of the element inside the cell to an exterior portion of the element outside the cell. Liquid water is transported along the element into or out of the cell, and heat is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and where the liquid water is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of convection driven evaporation and advection. The water is added to the cell from the exterior to the interior by any combination of advection and capillary wicking.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于燃料电池热水管理的方法和装置。 向导电池内部和外部的燃料电池提供导热和导电的亲水热传质元件。 传输元件沉积在集流体和气体扩散层之间,其中热量沿着传输元件从电池内的元件的内部传送到电池单元外部的外部部分。 液体水沿着元件进入或离开电池,并且通过辐射,自由对流和强制对流的任何组合从外部部分去除热量,并且其中液体水通过对流的任何组合从外部部分去除 驱动蒸发和平流。 通过对流和毛细管芯吸的任何组合将水从外部添加到细胞中。

    Fuel cell water management
    14.
    发明申请
    Fuel cell water management 审中-公开
    燃料电池水管理

    公开(公告)号:US20070284253A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-13

    申请号:US11805990

    申请日:2007-05-24

    IPC分类号: B01D61/42 H01M8/04

    摘要: A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell water management device is provided. The device includes a hydrophilic water transport element spanning from inside the fuel cell to outside the fuel cell and disposed between a gas diffusion layer and a current collector layer in the cell. The transport element includes an intermediate wick outside the fuel cell that is hydraulically coupled to the transport element, and has a transport element structure integrated with a flow field structure within the fuel cell. The device further includes an electroosmotic pump, where the pump is located outside the fuel cell and is hydraulically coupled to the intermediate wick. The hydraulically coupled pump actively removes excess water from the flow field structure and the gas diffusion layer through the transport element, where a key aspect of the invention is the decoupling of water removal from oxidant delivery and reduced parasitic loads.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种聚合物电解质膜燃料电池水管理装置。 该装置包括从燃料电池内部到燃料电池外部并且设置在电池中的气体扩散层和集电器层之间的亲水输送元件。 运输元件包括在燃料电池外部液压地连接到输送元件的中间油芯,并且具有与燃料电池内的流场结构集成的输送元件结构。 该装置还包括电渗泵,其中泵位于燃料电池外部并且液压地连接到中间灯芯。 液压耦合泵主动地从流场结构和气体扩散层中移除多余的水通过传输元件,其中本发明的关键方面是去除水从氧化剂输送和减少的寄生负载。

    Bistable miniature valve
    15.
    发明申请
    Bistable miniature valve 失效
    双稳态微型阀

    公开(公告)号:US20060017534A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-26

    申请号:US11151158

    申请日:2005-06-10

    IPC分类号: H01H51/22

    摘要: A bistable minivalve includes a movable component, an actuator that is electrostatically, magnetically, or mechanically coupled to the movable component for controllably switching the movable component between open and closed states, and a casing providing structural support. The movable component has an actuation surface [300] movably positioned in the valve conduit and a bistable element attached to the actuation surface providing mechanical stability to the open and closed states of the movable component. The bistable element may be realized as a pair of elastic buckling beams [302, 304] attached at their midpoints to opposite sides of the actuation surface. Optionally, there may also be elastic support beams [306, 308] attached at their endpoints to the actuation surface and attached at their midpoints to the elastic buckling beams.

    摘要翻译: 双稳态小型装置包括可移动部件,静电,磁性或机械耦合到可移动部件的致动器,用于可控地切换可动部件在打开和关闭状态之间,以及提供结构支撑的壳体。 可移动部件具有可移动地定位在阀导管中的致动表面300和连接到致动表面的双稳态元件,为可移动部件的打开和关闭状态提供机械稳定性。 双稳态元件可以被实现为在它们的中点处附接到致动表面的相对侧的一对弹性屈曲梁[302,304]。 可选地,还可以存在弹性支撑梁[306,308],它们在它们的端点处附接到致动表面并且在其中点处附接到弹性屈曲梁。

    Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells
    16.
    发明授权
    Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells 有权
    燃料电池中的热水管理装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07846593B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-07

    申请号:US11807228

    申请日:2007-05-24

    IPC分类号: H01M8/00

    摘要: A method and device for fuel cell heat and water management is provided. A thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element is provided to the fuel cell spanning from inside to outside the cell. The transport element is deposited between current collector and gas diffusion layers, where heat is transported along the transport element from an interior portion of the element inside the cell to an exterior portion of the element outside the cell. Liquid water is transported along the element into or out of the cell, and heat is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and where the liquid water is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of convection driven evaporation and advection. The water is added to the cell from the exterior to the interior by any combination of advection and capillary wicking.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于燃料电池热水管理的方法和装置。 向导电池内部和外部的燃料电池提供导热和导电的亲水热传质元件。 传输元件沉积在集流体和气体扩散层之间,其中热量沿着传输元件从电池内的元件的内部传送到电池单元外部的外部部分。 液体水沿着元件进入或离开电池,并且通过辐射,自由对流和强制对流的任何组合从外部部分去除热量,并且其中液体水通过对流的任何组合从外部部分去除 驱动蒸发和平流。 通过对流和毛细管芯吸的任何组合将水从外部添加到细胞中。

    Miniature gas turbine engine with unitary rotor shaft for power generation
    17.
    发明授权
    Miniature gas turbine engine with unitary rotor shaft for power generation 失效
    具有发电单体转子轴的微型燃气轮机

    公开(公告)号:US06866478B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-15

    申请号:US10431345

    申请日:2003-05-06

    摘要: The present invention provides a miniature gas turbine engine for power generation. The engine has a highly integrated unitary rotor shaft where turbine, compressor and shaft are made in one piece in one fabrication process. The turbine and compressor are positioned back to back on the shaft in an overhung configuration, allowing the front bearings to be located in the cold zone of the engine. Preferably, the Mold SDM fabrication technique is utilized to make the unitary rotor shaft in one monolithic part out of ceramics such as silicon nitride, eliminating the need for post process assembly while strengthening the integrity, reliability, and performance of the unitary rotor shaft. Integrated with a permanent magnet in the unitary rotor shaft, the miniature gas turbine engine can generate electric power of 1 kW or less. Additionally, the axial length of the miniature gas turbine engine is about 100 mm or less. The miniature gas turbine engine according to the present invention is therefore particularly useful for powering lightweight, self-sustaining mobile devices such as unmanned vehicles and-autonomous robots.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种用于发电的微型燃气轮机。 发动机具有高度集成的单一转子轴,其中涡轮机,压缩机和轴在一个制造过程中制成一体。 涡轮机和压缩机以悬垂构造背靠背地定位在轴上,允许前轴承位于发动机的冷区中。 优选地,使用模具SDM制造技术来使整体式转子轴在诸如氮化硅的陶瓷之外的一个整体部分中,从而消除了后加工组装的需要,同时增强了整体转子轴的完整性,可靠性和性能。 在整体式转子轴中与永磁体一体化,微型燃气涡轮发动机可以产生1kW以下的电力。 此外,微型燃气涡轮发动机的轴向长度为约100mm或更小。 因此,根据本发明的微型燃气涡轮发动机特别可用于为诸如无人驾驶车辆和自主机器人的轻量级,自维持的移动设备供电。