Patent ID: 8114554
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cartridge comprising: a housing, defining an interior space, with the interior space confining a liquid, oxidizable fuel; a fuel egress port supported by the housing, the fuel egress port providing egress of fuel from the interior space of the housing as a vapor, with the vapor exiting the housing through the fuel egress port; and a resistive heating element having a major portion disposed in the fuel egress port, the resistive heating element configured to produce heat, the heat providing a concomitant increase in a vaporization rate of the fuel as the vapor from the housing, with the cartridge having the fuel egress port configured to attach to a fuel cell via an interconnect interposed between the fuel egress port and the fuel cell to deliver an oxidizable vapor to the fuel cell through the interconnect.