Patent ID: 8206876
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: B65D,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cartridge for a fuel cell, comprising: an inner bag made of a flexible material and filled with liquid fuel; a valve provided to the inner bag for discharging the fuel; an outer case encasing the inner bag with the valve being exposed to the outside, the outer case being deformable by hand so that the liquid fuel is discharged from the cartridge and able to recover to its initial shape by itself; a holding tube provided in the outer case, holding a base end half of the valve so that a distal end of the valve protrudes outside, and having a thread formed on an outer circumference of the holding tube; and a cap engaged with the thread and covering the valve so that the valve is not directly exposed to the outside, wherein the outer case and inner bag have shapes and sizes such that, when the outer case is deformed by the hand, pressure applied by the hand to the outer case is also applied to the inner bag, the outer case is an outermost case of the fuel cartridge, a flange section is provided to the base end of the valve, and the flange section is in contact with an inner circumference of an outlet of the outer case, and is connected to an outer circumference of an outlet of the inner bag.