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US 6,506,513 B1Granted
Liquid fuel-housing tank for fuel cell and fuel cell
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMaki Yonetsu, Masahiro Takashita, Hiroyasu Sumino
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMaki Yonetsu, Masahiro Takashita, Hiroyasu Sumino
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Disclosed is a fuel cell comprising a fuel cell body (stacked body) including a unit cell having an electromotive section in which an electrolyte membrane is sandwiched between a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode, and a liquid fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel that is to be supplied to the fuel cell body and connected to the fuel cell body. The liquid fuel is introduced by the capillary action into the unit cell included in the fuel cell body and vaporized within the unit cell so as to be supplied to the fuel electrode, thereby generating an electric power. The liquid fuel tank is provided with a pressure adjusting mechanism for introducing a required amount of the liquid fuel from a liquid outlet port into the unit cell.
A liquid fuel tank comprising:
A liquid fuel tank comprising:
A liquid fuel tank storing a liquid fuel for a fuel cell, comprising a pressure adjusting mechanism connected to the tank for maintaining a constant pressure within said tank so as to permit a required amount of the liquid fuel to be discharged from a liquid outlet port on an outside portion of the tank and a storage section, said storage section comprises one of said liquid fuel tank and a tank for storing the liquid fuel, said tank having a rotary mechanism for keeping the liquid fuel at a level above said liquid outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.