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公开(公告)号：US20160159647A1
公开(公告)日：2016-06-09
申请号：US15045916
申请日：2016-02-17
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Richard A. Langan , Chad E. Law , Jason L. Stimits , Mark D. Vandayburg , Gerald A. Zsigo , Thomas J. Kmetich , Craig R. Huddleston , Paul D. Griffith, JR. , Andrew Jasin
IPC: C01B3/04
CPC classification number: C01B3/04 , B01J7/00 , Y02E60/364
Abstract: A packaged fuel unit and a refillable hydrogen generator that uses the fuel unit to produce hydrogen gas are disclosed. The fuel unit includes a reactant that can undergo a thermal decomposition reaction that produces hydrogen gas when heated to at least a minimum initiation temperature. The reactant is contained within a package that includes a poor thermal conductor with one or more thermal conductor sections for conducting heat from outside the package to the reactant. The hydrogen generator includes a holder with a cavity in which the fuel unit can be removably disposed and a heating system for heating the fuel unit when disposed therein. The hydrogen generator can be part of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery that is provided with hydrogen gas from the hydrogen generator.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种使用燃料单元产生氢气的封装燃料单元和可再填充氢气发生器。 燃料单元包括可以经受热分解反应的反应物，其在加热至少至少最小起始温度时产生氢气。 反应物包含在包装内，其包括具有一个或多个热导体部分的不良热导体，用于将热量从包装外部传导到反应物。 氢发生器包括具有空腔的保持器，燃料单元可以可拆卸地设置在其中，并且当设置在燃料单元中时用于加热燃料单元的加热系统。 氢发生器可以是燃料电池系统的一部分，其包括设置有来自氢生成器的氢气的燃料电池电池。
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公开(公告)号：US10093538B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-09
申请号：US14716021
申请日：2015-05-19
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Paul D. Griffith, Jr. , Craig R. Huddleston , Chad E. Law , Mark D. Vandayburg
IPC: H01M8/06 , C01B3/00 , B01J19/24 , H01M8/04082 , C01B3/04 , C01B3/06 , H01M8/04007
Abstract: A heater assembly for use in a hydrogen generator can be retracted to facilitate insertion and removal of a replaceable fuel unit without damaging the heater assembly or the fuel unit and extended to provide good thermal contact with the fuel unit during use of the hydrogen generator. The heater assembly includes a support member, a heater, and an actuator for extending and retracting the heater assembly. When the heater is energized it heats the actuator, thereby extending the heater assembly to contact the adjacent fuel unit, and when the heater is deenergized the actuator cools to retract the heater assembly and provide a gap between the heater assembly and the adjacent fuel unit. The actuator is movably secured to the heater or the support member by a retainer such that an end of the actuator is movable within the retainer as the actuator changes shape during heating and cooling.
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公开(公告)号：US08877137B2
公开(公告)日：2014-11-04
申请号：US13692152
申请日：2012-12-03
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Mark D. Vandayburg
CPC classification number: C01B3/0005 , B01J7/00 , B01J19/24 , B01J2219/0004 , C01B3/001 , C01B3/04 , C01B3/06 , C01B3/065 , H01M8/04208 , H01M8/04388 , H01M8/04738 , H01M8/0606 , H01M8/0625 , H01M8/065 , Y02E60/324 , Y02E60/362
Abstract: A hydrogen generator including an initiator assembly having one or more contact members within a compressible member, and a removable fuel unit adjacent a surface of the compressible member. The fuel unit contains a hydrogen containing material that can release hydrogen gas when heated and an exothermic mixture that can react exothermically upon initiation by the initiator assembly. When no fuel unit is in the hydrogen generator, the compressible member is uncompressed and the contact members are at or below its surface, and when a fuel unit is disposed in the hydrogen generator, the compressible member is compressed so the contact members extend beyond the surface to make thermal contact with the fuel unit. Energy from the initiator assembly is conducted by the contact members to corresponding quantities of the exothermic mixture to initiate an exothermic reaction, providing heat for the release of hydrogen gas from the hydrogen containing material.
Abstract translation: 一种氢发生器，包括在可压缩构件内具有一个或多个接触构件的引发器组件和与该可压缩构件的表面相邻的可移除燃料单元。 燃料单元包含含氢材料，其在加热时可释放氢气，以及在由引发剂组合引发时可放热反应的放热混合物。 当氢气发生器中没有燃料单元时，可压缩构件未被压缩，并且接触构件位于其表面或其表面下方，并且当燃料单元设置在氢气发生器中时，可压缩构件被压缩，使得接触构件延伸超过 表面与燃料单元进行热接触。 来自引发剂组合物的能量由接触构件进行到相应量的放热混合物以引发放热反应，为从含氢材料中释放氢气提供热量。
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公开(公告)号：US20160159646A1
公开(公告)日：2016-06-09
申请号：US14968705
申请日：2015-12-14
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Chad E. Law , Mark D. Vandayburg
CPC classification number: C01B3/04 , F02C7/00 , H01M8/04208 , H01M8/065 , Y02E60/364 , Y02E60/50
Abstract: A hydrogen generator having one or more actuators coupled to one or more heating elements in which the actuator(s) are used to improve the transfer of thermal energy from heating element(s) to one or more fuel units contained within the generator. In one embodiment, an actuator allows insertion and/or removal of packaged fuel units without the need of removing the heating element(s) and/or the actuator(s). When the actuator is in a retracted state (e.g., a low temperature state), the packaged fuel unit may be inserted and/or removed from a cavity of the hydrogen generator. When the actuator is in an extended state (e.g., a higher temperature state), the actuator forces contact between itself or the heating element and the fuel unit when a prescribed operating temperature is reached.
Abstract translation: 一种氢发生器，其具有联接到一个或多个加热元件的一个或多个致动器，其中所述致动器用于改善从加热元件到包含在所述发电机内的一个或多个燃料单元的热能传递。 在一个实施例中，致动器允许插入和/或移除包装的燃料单元，而不需要移除加热元件和/或致动器。 当致动器处于缩回状态（例如，低温状态）时，封装燃料单元可以从氢生成器的空腔中插入和/或移除。 当致动器处于延伸状态（例如，较高的温度状态）时，当达到规定的工作温度时，致动器强制其本身或加热元件与燃料单元之间的接触。
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公开(公告)号：US09944521B2
公开(公告)日：2018-04-17
申请号：US14968705
申请日：2015-12-14
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Chad E. Law , Mark D. Vandayburg
IPC: C01B3/04 , H01M8/065 , F02C7/00 , H01M8/04082
CPC classification number: C01B3/04 , F02C7/00 , H01M8/04208 , H01M8/065 , Y02E60/364 , Y02E60/50
Abstract: A hydrogen generator having one or more actuators coupled to one or more heating elements in which the actuator(s) are used to improve the transfer of thermal energy from heating element(s) to one or more fuel units contained within the generator. In one embodiment, an actuator allows insertion and/or removal of packaged fuel units without the need of removing the heating element(s) and/or the actuator(s). When the actuator is in a retracted state (e.g., a low temperature state), the packaged fuel unit may be inserted and/or removed from a cavity of the hydrogen generator. When the actuator is in an extended state (e.g., a higher temperature state), the actuator forces contact between itself or the heating element and the fuel unit when a prescribed operating temperature is reached.
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6.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20150255816A1
公开(公告)日：2015-09-10
申请号：US14716021
申请日：2015-05-19
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Paul D. Griffith, JR. , Craig R. Huddleston , Chad E. Law , Mark D. Vandayburg
CPC classification number: C01B3/00 , B01J2219/00135 , C01B3/0015 , C01B3/0021 , C01B3/0026 , C01B3/0031 , C01B3/0057 , C01B3/04 , C01B3/065 , H01M8/04037 , H01M8/04208 , Y02E60/325 , Y02E60/327 , Y02E60/328 , Y02E60/362 , Y02E60/364
Abstract: A heater assembly for use in a hydrogen generator can be retracted to facilitate insertion and removal of a replaceable fuel unit without damaging the heater assembly or the fuel unit and extended to provide good thermal contact with the fuel unit during use of the hydrogen generator. The heater assembly includes a support member, a heater, and an actuator for extending and retracting the heater assembly. When the heater is energized it heats the actuator, thereby extending the heater assembly to contact the adjacent fuel unit, and when the heater is deenergized the actuator cools to retract the heater assembly and provide a gap between the heater assembly and the adjacent fuel unit. The actuator is movably secured to the heater or the support member by a retainer such that an end of the actuator is movable within the retainer as the actuator changes shape during heating and cooling.
Abstract translation: 用于氢发生器的加热器组件可以缩回以便于可更换燃料单元的插入和移除，而不会损坏加热器组件或燃料单元并且在氢气发生器使用期间延伸以提供与燃料单元的良好热接触。 加热器组件包括支撑构件，加热器和用于延伸和缩回加热器组件的致动器。 当加热器通电时，它加热致动器，从而延长加热器组件以接触相邻的燃料单元，并且当加热器断电时，致动器冷却以缩回加热器组件并且在加热器组件和相邻的燃料单元之间提供间隙。 致动器通过保持器可移动地固定到加热器或支撑构件，使得致动器的端部在加热和冷却期间致动器改变形状时在保持器内可移动。
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公开(公告)号：US10259705B2
公开(公告)日：2019-04-16
申请号：US15045916
申请日：2016-02-17
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Richard A. Langan , Chad E. Law , Jason L. Stimits , Mark D. Vandayburg , Gerald A. Zsigo , Thomas J. Kmetich , Craig R. Huddleston , Paul D. Griffith, Jr. , Andrew Jasin
Abstract: A packaged fuel unit and a refillable hydrogen generator that uses the fuel unit to produce hydrogen gas are disclosed. The fuel unit includes a reactant that can undergo a thermal decomposition reaction that produces hydrogen gas when heated to at least a minimum initiation temperature. The reactant is contained within a package that includes a poor thermal conductor with one or more thermal conductor sections for conducting heat from outside the package to the reactant. The hydrogen generator includes a holder with a cavity in which the fuel unit can be removably disposed and a heating system for heating the fuel unit when disposed therein. The hydrogen generator can be part of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery that is provided with hydrogen gas from the hydrogen generator.
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公开(公告)号：US09295958B2
公开(公告)日：2016-03-29
申请号：US13943945
申请日：2013-07-17
Applicant: INTELLIGENT ENERGY, INC.
Inventor： Richard A. Langan , Chad E. Law , Jason L. Stimits , Mark D. Vandayburg , Gerald A. Zsigo , Thomas J. Kmetich , Craig R. Huddleston , Paul D. Griffith, Jr. , Andrew Jasin
CPC classification number: C01B3/04 , B01J7/00 , Y02E60/364
Abstract: A packaged fuel unit and a refillable hydrogen generator that uses the fuel unit to produce hydrogen gas are disclosed. The fuel unit includes a reactant that can undergo a thermal decomposition reaction that produces hydrogen gas when heated to at least a minimum initiation temperature. The reactant is contained within a package that includes a poor thermal conductor with one or more thermal conductor sections for conducting heat from outside the package to the reactant. The hydrogen generator includes a holder with a cavity in which the fuel unit can be removably disposed and a heating system for heating the fuel unit when disposed therein. The hydrogen generator can be part of a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery that is provided with hydrogen gas from the hydrogen generator.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种使用燃料单元产生氢气的封装燃料单元和可再填充氢气发生器。 燃料单元包括可以经受热分解反应的反应物，其在加热至少至少最小起始温度时产生氢气。 反应物包含在包装内，其包括具有一个或多个热导体部分的不良热导体，用于将热量从包装外部传导到反应物。 氢发生器包括具有空腔的保持器，燃料单元可以可拆卸地设置在其中，并且当设置在燃料单元中时用于加热燃料单元的加热系统。 氢发生器可以是燃料电池系统的一部分，其包括设置有来自氢生成器的氢气的燃料电池电池。
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公开(公告)号：US09243560B2
公开(公告)日：2016-01-26
申请号：US13680647
申请日：2012-11-19
Applicant: Intelligent Energy, Inc.
Inventor： Chad E. Law , Mark D. Vandayburg
CPC classification number: C01B3/04 , F02C7/00 , H01M8/04208 , H01M8/065 , Y02E60/364 , Y02E60/50
Abstract: A hydrogen generator having one or more actuators coupled to one or more heating elements in which the actuator(s) are used to improve the transfer of thermal energy from heating element(s) to one or more fuel units contained within the generator. In one embodiment, an actuator allows insertion and/or removal of packaged fuel units without the need of removing the heating element(s) and/or the actuator(s). When the actuator is in a retracted state (e.g., a low temperature state), the packaged fuel unit may be inserted and/or removed from a cavity of the hydrogen generator. When the actuator is in an extended state (e.g., a higher temperature state), the actuator forces contact between itself or the heating element and the fuel unit when a prescribed operating temperature is reached.
Abstract translation: 一种氢发生器，其具有联接到一个或多个加热元件的一个或多个致动器，其中所述致动器用于改善从加热元件到包含在所述发电机内的一个或多个燃料单元的热能传递。 在一个实施例中，致动器允许插入和/或移除包装的燃料单元，而不需要移除加热元件和/或致动器。 当致动器处于缩回状态（例如，低温状态）时，封装燃料单元可以从氢生成器的空腔中插入和/或移除。 当致动器处于延伸状态（例如，较高的温度状态）时，当达到规定的工作温度时，致动器强制其本身或加热元件与燃料单元之间的接触。
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公开(公告)号：US20150030530A1
公开(公告)日：2015-01-29
申请号：US14504963
申请日：2014-10-02
Applicant: Intelligent Energy Inc.
Inventor： Mark D. Vandayburg
CPC classification number: C01B3/0005 , B01J7/00 , B01J19/24 , B01J2219/0004 , C01B3/001 , C01B3/04 , C01B3/06 , C01B3/065 , H01M8/04208 , H01M8/04388 , H01M8/04738 , H01M8/0606 , H01M8/0625 , H01M8/065 , Y02E60/324 , Y02E60/362 , Y02E60/364
Abstract: A hydrogen generator including an initiator assembly having one or more contact members within a compressible member, and a removable fuel unit adjacent a surface of the compressible member. The fuel unit contains a hydrogen containing material that can release hydrogen gas when heated and an exothermic mixture that can react exothermically upon initiation by the initiator assembly. When no fuel unit is in the hydrogen generator, the compressible member is uncompressed and the contact members are at or below its surface, and when a fuel unit is disposed in the hydrogen generator, the compressible member is compressed so the contact members extend beyond the surface to make thermal contact with the fuel unit. Energy from the initiator assembly is conducted by the contact members to corresponding quantities of the exothermic mixture to initiate an exothermic reaction, providing heat for the release of hydrogen gas from the hydrogen containing material.
Abstract translation: 一种氢发生器，包括在可压缩构件内具有一个或多个接触构件的引发器组件和与该可压缩构件的表面相邻的可移除燃料单元。 燃料单元包含含氢材料，其在加热时可释放氢气，以及在由引发剂组合引发时可放热反应的放热混合物。 当氢气发生器中没有燃料单元时，可压缩构件未被压缩，并且接触构件位于其表面或其表面下方，并且当燃料单元设置在氢气发生器中时，可压缩构件被压缩，使得接触构件延伸超过 表面与燃料单元进行热接触。 来自引发剂组合物的能量由接触构件进行到相应量的放热混合物以引发放热反应，为从含氢材料中释放氢气提供热量。
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