Robert A Hebert

US Patent:

20180274121, Sep 27, 2018

Filed:

Mar 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/469663

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Robert R. Hebert - Storrs CT, US
Weilong Zhang - Glastonbury CT, US
Bart Antonie van Hassel - Weatogue CT, US
Mark R. Jaworowski - Glastonbury CT, US
Michael A. Kryzman - West Hartford CT, US
Blair A. Smith - South Windsor CT, US
Georgios S. Zafiris - Glastonbury CT, US
Promila Bhaatia - Farmington CT, US
Mark A. Brege - Rockford IL, US
Shaahin Amini - Riverside CA, US
Vijay V. Pujar - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

C25D 11/22
C25D 11/26
C25D 11/30
C25D 9/12

Abstract:

A method of coating a metal article is disclosed that includes immersing a metal article having an exterior anodized layer in a bath containing a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, and applying a voltage to the article during the immersing, the voltage driving the chemically active corrosion inhibitor from the bath into the exterior anodized layer. An article is also disclosed that has a substrate comprising a metal, and a porous anodized layer formed on an exterior surface of the substrate that is infiltrated with a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, the anodized layer having an inward-facing region and an outward-facing region, the anodized layer having a greater concentration of chemically active corrosion inhibitors in the inward-facing region than in the outward-facing region.

US Patent:

20150357665, Dec 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug 20, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/831753

Inventors:

- Burnaby, CA
Sean C. Emerson - Broad Brook CT, US
Justin R. Hawkes - Marlborough CT, US
Ellen Y. Sun - South Windsor CT, US
Jean Yamanis - South Glastonbury CT, US
Tobias H. Sienel - East Hampton MA, US
Balbir Singh Bal - Wolverhampton, GB
Stuart Anthony Astley - Wolverhampton, GB
Thomas D. Radcliffe - Vernon Rockville CT, US
James T. Beals - West Hartford CT, US
May L. Corn - Manchester CT, US
Louis Chiappetta, JR. - South Windsor CT, US
John T. Costello - Tolland CT, US
Robert R. Hebert - Storrs CT, US
Thomas Henry Vanderspurt - Glastonbury CT, US

International Classification:

H01M 8/06
H01M 8/12
H01M 8/04

Abstract:

A system and method satisfies temperature and pressure requirements of solid oxide fuel cell system in a manner that increases the overall efficiency and decreases the overall weight of system. The system and method include a secondary blower for boosting air stream pressure level sufficient for operation of a reformer that is designed to minimize pressure drop; an integrated heat exchanger for recovering heat from exhaust and comprising multiple flow fields for ensuring inlet temperature requirements of a solid oxide fuel cell are met; and a thermal enclosure for separating hot zone components from cool zone components for increasing thermal efficiency of the system and better thermal management.