A solid oxide fuel assembly is made, wherein rows (14, 25) of fuel cells (17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31), each having an outer interconnection (20) and an outer electrode (32), are disposed next to each other with corrugated, electrically conducting expanded metal mesh member (22) between each row of cells, the corrugated mesh (22) having top crown portions and bottom portions, where the top crown portion (40) have a top bonded open cell nickel foam (51) which contacts outer interconnections (20) of the fuel cells, said mesh and nickel foam electrically connecting each row of fuel cells, and where there are no more metal felt connections between any fuel cells.

Combination nickel foam expanded nickel screen electrical connection supports for solid oxide fuel cells

PURPOSE:To input a key menu with a transmissive touch panel arranged on a plane display unit by displaying the menu key on this unit in accordance with the picture display program registered in a memory card CONSTITUTION:When a memory unit is inserted to a memory card drive unit 9, the key menu stored in the card is displayed on a plane display unit 10 A transmissive touch panel 11 is arranged on the plane display unit 10, and the position of the displayed key menu is depressed with the touch panel to input information

Information input device

An adjust pin (1) which connects a plurality of blocks (2) in chain-shape for forming a wrist watch band (3) is formed of a metal material having a superelastic area where a stress according to a variation in strain becomes a constant, wherein a bent part (5) is formed on the adjust pin (1) for acting a bending stress in the superelastic area on the inner surface of a connecting through hole (2a) in the block (2) under the state that the blocks (2) and (2) adjacent to each other are connected to each other, whereby, when the adjust pin (1) is inserted into the block (2) until the bent part (5) is positioned at the connecting through hole (2a), the bent part (5) provides a force acting due to a bending stress in the superelastic area to the inner wall of the hole so as to hold the adjust pin (1) securely by its spring force.

Wrist watch band adjust pin, method of manufacturing the pin, and wrist watch band connection structure

PURPOSE: To obtain the title device with improved workability in the charge and discharge of a material to be treated by providing a lock device for keeping the closure of the lid body of a barrel case which is pivoted and made freely openable and closable, and automatically releasing the lock by the command for opening and closing the lid body CONSTITUTION: A material plated in a plating device 1 is carried 4 to a funneled receiving part 7 The lock of the lid body 15 of the barrel case 6 is released, the lid body 15 is opened by gravity along with the rotation of the case 6, and the plated material is discharged in a bucket 8 When the opening 16 of the lid body 15 comes to the top, a material to be plated is charged in the case 6, the lid body 15 is closed and locked, and the material is again carried 4 to the device 1 and plated Besides, the case 6 consists of a barrel having an almost octagonal cross section, and many small holes are bored on the peripheral wall 16a When the openings 16 provided almost over the whole width of one face forming the octagon of the case 6 are placed along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the case is closed by the lid body 15 opening and closing with the pivoting part consisting of a hinge 17 as a fulcrum COPYRIGHT: (C)1988,JPO&Japio

Device for automatically opening and closing lid of barrel in plating device

The invention relates to a method for determining when a lithium-ion cell comprising a negative electrode formed by at least one alloy is fully charged, in which an external part of the cell (A) presses with a given pressure against an element (2, 2', 3), the pressure being caused by the thickness increase due to ion insertion in the negative electrode, thus indicating that the cell is fully charged.

Method for determining when a li-ion cell comprising a negative electrode made of an alloy is fully charged, associated cell and battery

PURPOSE:To reduce the space needed for installation by a method wherein high-voltage side and medium-voltage side gas-insulated bus lines are arranged between lines of transformers and are connected to switching means after passing through locations between three-phase transformers and through locations outside the both ends of the row of transformers. CONSTITUTION:The gas-insulated bus lines 10A-10C...17A-17C connected to the high-voltage side and medium-voltage side taps 5, 6 of single-phase transformers 1A-1C...4A-4C are arranged in parallel with lines A, B of transformers in a pit 7 located between the row A of three-phase transformers 1, 2 and the row B of three-phase transformers 3, 4. Further, the high-voltage side gas-insulated bus lines 10A-10C...13A-13C are bent to be connected to a switching means after passing through a pit 8 located between the three-phase transformers 3, 4. The medium-voltage side gas-insulated bus lines 14A-14C... 17A-17C are bent to be connected to a switching means after passing through pits 9, 9' located outside of the both ends of the row B of transformers. Accordingly, by placing the gas-insulated bus lines 10A-10C...17A-17C in locations between the three-phase transformers 1-4, a multiplicity of gas-insulated bus lines can be collected in a single region.

Three-phase transformer

PURPOSE:To obtain the durability against impact load during transportation or mechanical force produced by short circuit and maintain high insulating property by inserting annular supporting bases, whose cross section is approximately triangle shape, into the upper and lower ends of windings. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of annular supporting bases 10A, 10B, which are made of insulator and whose cross section is approximately triangle shape, are inserted between the protruding parts of insulating sheets 3 at the upper and lower ends of foil windings 4, 5 at every center part between cooling ducts. These supporting bases 10A, 10B are inserted between the protruding parts of the insulating sheets 3 like wegges in such a manner that the spaces equivalent to the thickness of metal sheets 2 are compressed until the protruding parts of the adjacent insulating sheets stick to each other without folding back the protruding parts of the insulating sheets 3 toward the metal sheets 2. Then the supporting bases 10A, 10B are tightened and fixed by core tightening metal fittings 12A, 12B through winding supporting plates 11A, 11B. With this constitution, the durability against impact load during transportation and mechanical force produced by short circuit can be obtained and high insulating property can be maintained.

Foil wound transformer

PURPOSE:To control the size of inside measurement of a tank and the amount of insulation oil to the min. of need and to decrease weight and size of packaging form for transportation by a method wherein a reinforcing beam whose upper side is formed horizontally is welded and adhered to a dome shaped cover in a transformer tank which consists of the dome shaped cover, vertical side-structure and a bottom plate. CONSTITUTION:A transformer tank 2, which houses a transformer body 1 and insulating oil, is constituted by a dome shaped cover 3 and a lower tank 4 which is consisted of a vertical side-structure 5 and a bottom plate 6. A reinforcing beam 7 whose upper side is formed horizontally is welded and adhered to the dome shaped cover 3 and the reinforcing beam 8, 9 are welded and adhered respectively to the vertical side-structure 5 and the bottom plate 6 which constitutes the lower tank 4. The reinforcing beam 7, 8, 9 are connected each other through a frange or directly. The dome shaped cover 3 on which the reinforcing beam 7, whose upper side is formed horizontally, is welded and adhered suppresses its deformation widely against the vacuum external pressure at oiling by stiffness at corner section of the reinforcing beam 7 where provides large area.

Tank of stationary induction electrical appliance

PURPOSE:To make check and maintenance easy and minimize resistance loss of connecting conductor by drawing out in a row positive and negative terminal drawing out bushings from the facing side walls in the lower part of a tank, and connecting each cell through bushings. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of fuel cells N are set in a row and terminals of cells N are connected each other. Positive and negative terminals installed in the upper and lower ends of cell stack 9 accommodated in a tank 21 are drawn out from drawing out bushings 20a and 20b which are installed in the facing side walls in the lower part of the tank 21 respectively. A plurality of cells N are set so that drawing out directions of bushings 20a and 20b are opposite to neighboring cells. Ducts 22a and 22b are arranged in the both ends of cell group, and connecting conductors 23 are installed within the ducts.

Fuel cell power generating system

PURPOSE:To contrive to restrain tank size and insulating oil of a tank for a stationary electric induction apparatus to the necessary minimum, and to reduce tank weight and to curtail tank manufacturing time by a method wherein at least one side of the long side side wall is constructed by connecting alternately nearly semicylindrical bushing pockets and partially cylindrical shell side walls. CONSTITUTION:A long side sidewall 26B is arranged by connecting alternately partially cylindrical shell side walls 30B of the plural number of pieces and semicylindrical bushing pockets 33 of the plural number of pieces. A tank 21 is using the nearly semicylindrical bushing pockets 33 both as reinforcing beams extending over the whole height of the tank, and is so designed as to enable to endure vacuum external pressure at insulating oil pouring time according to flexural rigidities of the reinforcing beams and the semicylindrical bushing pockets 33, and buckling strengths, flexural rigidities provided to the partially cylindrical shells 30A, 30B themselves. Moreover, the partially cylindrical shell side wall 30B makes the shell to generate horizontally directional forces R1 and vertically directional forces R2 at both the edge parts thereof according to vacuum external pressure P0. Buckling strength of the partially cylindrical shell is controlled large not only by plate thickness and the radius of curvature, but also by the state supporting directly forces R1, R2 generated at the edge parts thereof, or by the supporting condition thereof.

Takai Meiji

Papers

Three-phase transformer

Foil wound transformer

Tank of stationary induction electrical appliance

Fuel cell power generating system

Tank for stationary induction electric apparatus