Patent ID: 11881577
Assignee: 2706649 ONTARIO LTD
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C  Y | IPC C  H

Claim 17:
18. A combined hydrogen generator apparatus and electrical energy generating apparatus, comprising:
a hydrogen generator apparatus of claim 11, comprising a plurality of the catalyzer elements and a plurality of the hydrogen-developing elements;
a cathode element and an anode element arranged within the vessel proximate to end surfaces thereof, such that the hydrogen-developing elements and the catalyzer elements are arranged between the cathode and the anode elements; and
a switch configured to selectively short the cathode element with the anode element or re-separate the shorted cathode element and anode element, to switch between a hydrogen generating operation and an electrical energy generating operation of the apparatus.