Gerald A Zsigo

20140044605, Feb 13, 2014

Jul 17, 2013

13/943945

Chad E. Law - Milan OH, US
Jason L. Stimits - Avon OH, US
Mark D. Vandayburg - Westlake OH, US
Gerald A. Zsigo - North Ridgeville OH, US
Thomas J. Kmetich - Willoughby Hills OH, US
Craig R. Huddleston - Lakewood OH, US
Andrew Jasin - Avon OH, US

B01J 7/00

422198

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.

20160159647, Jun 9, 2016

Feb 17, 2016

15/045916

- San Jose CA, US
Chad E. Law - Milan OH, US
Jason L. Stimits - Avon OH, US
Mark D. Vandayburg - Westlake OH, US
Gerald A. Zsigo - North Ridgeville OH, US
Thomas J. Kmetich - Willoughby Hills OH, US
Craig R. Huddleston - Lakewood OH, US
Andrew Jasin - Avon OH, US

Intelligent Energy Inc. - San Jose CA

C01B 3/04

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.

20150203353, Jul 23, 2015

Apr 1, 2015

14/676393

- San Jose CA, US
Guanghong Zheng - Westlake OH, US
Jason L. Stimits - Avon OH, US
Chad E. Law - Milan OH, US
Russell H. Barton - New Westminster, CA
Richard A. Langan - Parma OH, US
Thomas J. Kmetich - WIlloughby Hills OH, US
Gerald A. Zsigo - North Ridgeville OH, US

INTELLIGENT ENERGY INC. - San Jose CA

C01B 3/00
B01J 19/24

Disclosed is a fuel unit for a gas generator such as a hydrogen gas generator that can supply gas to a gas consuming system such as a fuel cell system. The fuel unit includes a housing containing a solid fuel composition and a heat producing material. The fuel composition contains gas releasing solid material that reacts to release gas when heated. The heat producing material reacts exothermically to produce heat. A plurality of quantities of the heat producing material are in thermal communication with corresponding portions of an unsegregated quantity the fuel composition such that, following initiation of a reaction of each quantity of the heat producing material, the quantity of heat producing material will heat the corresponding portion of the unsegregated quantity of the fuel composition, and the corresponding portion of the unsegregated quantity of the fuel composition will react to release a quantity of the gas.

20150072256, Mar 12, 2015

Nov 13, 2014

14/541047

- San Jose CA, US
Olen R. Vanderleden - Port Moody, CA
Richard A. Langan - Parma OH, US
Chad E. Law - Milan OH, US
Thomas J. Kmetich - Willoughby Hills OH, US
Craig R. Huddleston - Lakewood OH, US
Jason L. Stimits - Avon OH, US
Gerald Zsigo - North Ridgeville OH, US
Kevin P. Murray - Schaumburg IL, US

B01J 19/12
C01B 3/04
H01M 8/06

429423, 422164

A hydrogen generator and a fuel cell system including the hydrogen generator are disclosed. The hydrogen generator includes a reactant that undergoes a thermal decomposition reaction to produce hydrogen when heated. A laser is used to initiate the reaction. The reactant is contained in a reactant composition in a user-replaceable disc-shaped fuel unit. The reactant composition can be segregated into individual quantities. The fuel unit and the laser beam are periodically realigned by incrementally rotating the fuel unit and/or incrementally redirect the laser beam.