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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system which can take out excellently prescribed electric energy by holding excellently wet condition of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell body upon system starting (upon power generation operation start) and promoting electrochemical reaction concerning the power generation operation, and to provide a fuel container for power generation applicable to the fuel cell system. SOLUTION: The fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cartridge 20 in which a power generation fuel and water are individually filled, a reformer 12 which reforms the power generation fuel to take out hydrogen gas, a power generating cell 11 which generates electric energy by electrochemical reaction using hydrogen gas and oxygen, a fuel supply controller 14 and a water supply controller 15 which take out the power generation fuel and water individually from the fuel cartridge 20 and supply to the reformer 12 and the power generating cell 11. Prior to power generation operation, the electrolyte membrane is held in a prescribed wet condition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel container for flowing out stored fuel regardless of held posture of the container. SOLUTION: This fuel container 7 includes a container body 15 storing liquid fuel 10, and an outlet 9 for flowing out the fuel 10, and is so structured as to flow out the fuel 10 from the outlet 9 by introducing produced water produced in a fuel cell into an inside of the container body 15. In the fuel container 7, a high-viscosity liquid 11 is superposed on the fuel 10 while not containing air bubbles, and a space 60 surrounded by an inside wall of the container body 15 and the liquid surface of the high-viscosity liquid 11 is filled with a swelling body 17 swelling by absorbing the produced water. In the fuel container 7, the produced water produced in the fuel cell is introduced into the space 60 in the inside of the container body 15 by flowing through a flow passage 19. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device and a generator which do away with an optimal designing of a fuel cell or the like for each model. SOLUTION: The electronic device 100 includes a body 1, a fuel container 10 detachable from the body 1, and a power generation module 20 detachable from the body 1 and performing power generation. The power generation module 20 is equipped integrally with a reaction unit for generating a product by making the fuel reacted, a fuel cell for generating electric energy by an electrochemical reaction between the product generated by the reaction unit and oxygen, a detection driving part which sends the fuel from the fuel container 10 to the reaction unit and sends air to the fuel cell, and a controlling part 4 for controlling the driving part. Moreover, two power generation modules 20 can be loaded on a body of another electronic device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of enlarging the capacity for liquid, with respect to a fuel cartridge as a whole. SOLUTION: Fuel is stored in the fuel cartridge 1, a fuel outlet, an oxygen inlet 9, and an oxygen outlet 10 are formed in front of the fuel cartridge 1, and an oxygen flow passage 20 connecting from the oxygen inlet 9 to the oxygen outlet 10 is formed in the fuel cartridge 1. The oxygen inlet is blocked by an air filter 15. An interface part 40 is provided, at the back of a mounting space of an electrical apparatus, and the interface part 40 is formed with a fuel inlet port, an oxygen inlet port 44, and an oxygen outlet port 43 corresponding to the fuel outlet, the oxygen outlet 10, and the oxygen inlet 9, respectively. The fuel cartridge 1 is attached in the mounting space of the electrical apparatus capable of being attached and removed, respect to the electrical apparatus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pump device surely sucking/discharging not only non-compressed fluids but also compressed fluids such as gas. SOLUTION: The pump device 1 includes a housing 10. Opposing recessed surfaces 11e and 12e are formed inside the housing 10, and an internal space is formed between these recessed surfaces 11e and 12e. A diaphragm actuator 20 is disposed between these recessed surfaces 11e and 12e. The diaphragm actuator 20 is comprised of a shim plate 22 and a piezoelectric sheet 21 connected to each other, and a recessed portion 22a as space is formed on a connection surface therebetween. A first restriction hole 21a communicated to the recessed portion 22a is formed in the piezoelectric sheet 21. A second restriction hole 22b communicated to the recessed portion 22a is formed in the shim plate 22. A float valve 24 is stored in the recessed portion 22a. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel container capable of flowing out stored fuel regardless of holding attitude. SOLUTION: The fuel container 7 includes a container body 15 in which liquid fuel 10 is stored and a flowing-out port 9 for flowing out the fuel 10, and the fuel 10 is made to flow out from the flow-out port 9 by introducing water produced in the fuel cell into the interior of the container body 15. In the fuel container 7, high viscous liquid 11 is stratified while containing no air bubbles on the fuel 10, and a swelling body 17 which swells by absorbing produced water is filled in a space 60 surrounded by the inner wall of the container body 15 and the liquid level of the high viscous liquid 11. In the fuel container 7, water produced in the fuel cell flows through a passage 19 and is introduced into the space 60 inside the container body 15. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power generator and an electronic device which can work safely. SOLUTION: This apparatus includes: a body 30 having a light source 48; multiple arranged photoelectric conversion elements 49 and a controller 91; and a fuel container 10 which is removably installed in the body 30, wherein the fuel container 10 includes a housing 11 to receive a fuel 17 therein and a movable body 20 which moves in the array direction of the photoelectric conversion elements 49 according to the capacity of the fuel 17 in the housing 11; a movable reflector 21 that reflects light from the light source 48 to a direction of any of the photoelectric conversion elements 49 is disposed in the movable body 20; and the controller turns on the light source 48 at a predetermined frequency and detects a predetermined frequency component in a light receiving signal output from an optical sensor 49. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arrange that a fuel cartridge can be attached and detached by a simple operation. SOLUTION: This is a fuel cell device 1 that is equipped with the fuel cartridge 2 in which the fuel is stored inside and a fuel cell device main body 101 in which electric power is formed by using the fuel in the fuel cartridge 2. In the fuel cell device main body 101, a cartridge conveyance object 400 in which the fuel cartridge 2 is attached to and detached from is installed, while the cartridge conveyance object 400 is rotatably installed against the fuel cell device main body 101. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to sufficiently permeate liquid inside an electroosmosis material at the time of operation of an electroosmosis flow pump. SOLUTION: A multilayer substrate 100 has passage plates 101-109 laminated and a passage is formed in the multilayer substrate 100. An electroosmosis flow pump 40 having an electrode formed on both sides of an electroosmosis material 43 is embedded in the multilayer substrate. A connection structure 44 consisting of a first liquid suction body 41 having a disk part 41a and a bar part 41b installed rising from the disk part 41a formed in one body and a second liquid suction body 42 which is stacked on the disk part 41a and has flexibility and sucks liquid is stacked on the electroosmosis flow pump 40, and the opposite face to the face contacting the first liquid suction body 41 of the second liquid suction body 42 contacts the electroosmosis flow pump 40. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of increasing a storage amount of liquid to the whole of a fuel cartridge. SOLUTION: Fuel is stored in the fuel cartridge 1, a fuel exhaust port, an oxygen introduction port 9, and an oxygen exhaust port 10 are formed on the front surface of the fuel cartridge 1, and an oxygen flow passage 20 passing from the oxygen introduction port 9 to the oxygen exhaust port 10 is formed in the fuel cartridge 1. The oxygen introduction port is blocked with an air filter 15. An interface part 40 is installed in the depths of a mounting space of electronic equipment, and a fuel introduction port, an oxygen introduction port 44, and an oxygen exhaust port 43 corresponding to the a fuel exhaust port, the oxygen exhaust port 10, and the oxygen introduction port 9 are installed in the interface part 40. The fuel cartridge 1 is mounted on the mounting space attachably and detachably from the electronic equipment. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT