U.S. BATTERY AND
FUEL CELL PATENTS

Compiled by Eddie T. Seo
etseo@netway.net
Littleton, CO

Official Gazette, Volume 1276 (November 2003)

U.S. 6,640,626 (20031104), Method and system for identifying a type of gas, George Saikalis, Shigeru Oho, and Takashi Kadohiro, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,027 (20031104), Method of connecting electric leads to battery tabs, Ronald V. O’Connell, Mark L. Daroux, Shawn E. Thomas, and Xuekun Xing, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,084 (20031104), Solid oxide fuel cell as auxiliary power source installation in transport aircraft, James M. Huber, Joel D. Lindstrom, David L. Daggett, and Michael G. Friend, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 6,641,625 (20031104), Integrated hydrocarbon reforming system and controls, Lawrence G. Clawson, Matthew H. Dorson, William L. Mitchell, Brian J. Nowicki, Johannes Thijssen, Robert Davis, Christopher Papile, Jennifer W. Rumsey, Nathan Longo, James C. Cross III, Vincent Rizzo, Gunther Kleeburg, Michael Rindone, Stephen G. Block, Maria Sun, Brian D. Morriseau, Mark R. Hagan, and Brian Bowers, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,641,626 (20031104), Mixed ionic and electronic conducting ceramic membranes for hydrocarbon processing, Pamela Van Calcar, Richard Mackay, and Anthony F. Sammells, Eltron Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,641,647 (20031104), Hydrogen-permeable structure and method of manufacturing the same, Takashi Uemura, Kentaro Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuda, and Takeshi Hikata, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,759 (20031104), Polymer secondary cell electrode production method, Gaku Harada, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Masaki Fujiwara, Shinako Kaneko, Masato Kurosaki, and Yuuji Nakagawa, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,780 (20031104), Ferritic stainless steel having high temperature creep resistance, John F. Grubb, ATI Properties Inc.

U.S. 6,641,793 (20031104), Method of solubilizing single-walled carbon nanotubes in organic solutions, Robert C. Haddon and Jian Chen, University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,641,795 (20031104), Reformer and method for operation thereof, Fumio Abe, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,862 (20031104), Preparation of fuel cell electrode assemblies, Stephen Andreas Grot, Ion Power.

U.S. 6,641,869 (20031104), Method for producing electrode for alkali batteries, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Masao Takee, Teruhiko Imoto, Masao Inoue, Atsutoshi Ako, and Yasumasa Kondo, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,942 (20031104), Solid-state energy storage module employing integrated interconnect board, Jean Rouillard, Christophe Comte, Dominik Daigle, Ronald A. Hagen, Orlin B. Knudson, Andre Morin, Michel Ranger, Guy Ross, Roger Rouillard, Philippe St­Germain, Anthony Sudano, and Thomas A. Turgeon, 3M Innovative Properties Co and Hydro­Quebec Corp (CA).

U.S. 6,641,943 (20031104), Metal­air fuel cell battery system having means for recording and reading operating parameters during discharging and recharging modes of operation, Sadeg M Faris and Tsepin Tsai, Reveo, Inc.

U.S. 6,641,944 (20031104), Fuel cell drive system, Emi Kawasumi and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,641,945 (20031104), Fuel cell, Gus M. Griffin.

U.S. 6,641,946 (20031104), Fuel dissipater for pressurized fuel cell generators, Richard A. Basel and John E. King, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp.

U.S. 6,641,947 (20031104), Air manager system for metal air battery, Kevin Molloy, John A. Thompson, Bikram Yonjan, and Robert Yoppolo, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,641,948 (20031104), Fuel cells having silicon substrates and/or sol-gel derived support structures, Leroy J. Ohlsen, Aaron M. Cooke, Jonathan C. Mallari, Chung M. Chan, Gordon L. Rice, and Craig E. Nelson, Neah Power Systems Inc.

U.S. 6,641,949 (20031104), Battery vent and method of assembly, Michael Cheiky and Glen Robles, Zinc Matrix Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,641,950 (20031104), Battery pack, Paul S. White, Mary Elizabeth Larkin, and Michael J. Agnes, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 6,641,951 (20031104), Battery cell tray assembly and sytem, David G. Vutetakis, Christopher R. Cestone, and Stanley K. Wilkie, Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 6,641,952 (20031104), Battery arrangement for reducing battery terminal contact resistance stemming from insulating contaminant layer on same, Larry E. Maple, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,641,953 (20031104), Secondary cell with high rate pulse capability, Esther S. Takeuchi, Robert S. Rubino, and Hong Gan, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,641,954 (20031104), Battery separator with mud rest protectors, Daniel E. Weerts and Gregory T. Humphrey, Entek International LLC.

U.S. 6,641,955 (20031104), Anode material for lithium secondary battery, an electrode for lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery, Keiko Matsubara, Toshiaki Tsuno, and Sang­Young Yoon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,641,956 (20031104), Electrode plate with a rounded corner and edge for storage battery, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kyoichi Ariga, and Hiroyuki Takayasu, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Sanoh Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,641,957 (20031104), Non-aqueous electrolyte cell, Shinichi Kawaguchi, Tadayoshi Takahashi, and Nobuharu Koshiba, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,642,319 (20031104), Process for making graft copolymers, Jose Rodriguez­Parada, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,642,526 (20031104), Field ionizing elements and applications thereof, Frank T. Hartley, Ionfinity LLC.

U.S. 6,642,692 (20031104), Charge equalizing device for power storage unit, Naoki Kinoshita, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,642,693 (20031104), Voltage equalizing apparatus for battery devices, Seiichi Anzawa, Hiroshi Nishizawa, and Fujio Matsui, Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JP) and Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,642,694 (20031104), Overcharge protection circuit capable of preventing damage to a charge control switch on flowing an excessive current, Yuji Yamanaka and Kenichi Miki, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,642,719 (20031104), Device for judging life of auxiliary battery, Hitoshi Seto, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,643,119 (20031104), Electrochemical double layer capacitor having carbon powder electrodes, Chenniah Nanjundiah, Priya Bendale, Manuel R. Malay, John M. Dispennette, and Earl Chaney, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,643,122 (20031104), Battery servicing system with bridging protection, Edward C. Fontana, Vincent M. Byrne, and Michael R. Buskmiller, Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,644,084 (20031111), Method and apparatus for manufacturing a battery terminal with undercut rings, Bernard N. Spiegelberg, Tulip Corp.

U.S. 6,644,246 (20031111), Evaporator, Roland Cwik, Andreas Ebert, Oskar Lamla, Martin Schuessler, and Tomas Stefanovski, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,644,338 (20031111), Apparatus for use of single point watering system with monobloc lead­acid batteries, Daniel N. Campau, Flow­Rite Controls, Ltd.

U.S. 6,644,946 (20031111), Scroll type compressor, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Takahiro Moroi, Ryuta Kawaguchi, and Tsutomu Nasuda, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,645,271 (20031111), Adsorption element and methods, Kevin John Seguin, Steven Alan Carter, Andrew James Dallas, Lefei Ding, Brian Nghia Hoang, and Jon Dennis, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,645,276 (20031111), Solid state polymer electrolyte facilitated transport membranes containing surfactants, Yong Soo Kang, Jong Ok Won, Bum Suk Jung, Hye Hun Park, and Seong Geun Oh, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,645,401 (20031111), Conjugated copolymers of dithienothiophene with vinylene or acetylene, Mark Giles, Louise Diane Farrand, Martin Heeney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,645,443 (20031111), Device for reforming educts containing hydrocarbons, Bernhard Vogel, Alexander Schuler, and Konstantin Ledjeff­Hey, Fraunhofer­Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung eV (DE).

U.S. 6,645,452 (20031111), Methods of making lithium metal cathode active materials, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,645,455 (20031111), Chemical derivatization of single-wall carbon nanotubes to facilitate solvation thereof; and use of derivatized nanotubes to form catalyst-containing seed materials for use in making carbon fibers, John L. Margrave, Edward T. Mickelson, Robert Hauge, Peter Boul, Chad Huffman, Jie Liu, Richard E. Smalley, Ken Smith, and Daniel T. Colbert, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 6,645,554 (20031111), Method of using a multi-purpose flexible coating compound, Joseph R. LePage.

U.S. 6,645,650 (20031111), Procedure for purging a fuel cell system with inert gas made from organic fuel, Alfred P. Meyer and Vincent M. Callaghan, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,645,651 (20031111), Fuel generator with diffusion ampoules for fuel cells, Robert G. Hockaday, Patrick S. Turner, Zachary R. Bradford, Marc D. DeJohn, Carlos J. Navas, F. Wade Uhrich, Heathcliff L. Vaz, and L. Luke Vazul.

U.S. 6,645,652 (20031111), Fuel cell electric power generation system, Ryan Cownden, Michael Eiche, Craig Louie, and David S. Watkins, Ballard Generation Systems Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,645,653 (20031111), Fuel cell system, controller thereof and method, Naoto Kashiwagi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,654 (20031111), Fuel cell system, Youichi Yagi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,655 (20031111), Passively pumped liquid feed fuel cell system, George C. McNamee and William P. Acker, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,645,656 (20031111), Thin film solid oxide fuel cell and method for forming, Xin Chen, Naijuan Wu, and Alex Ignatiev, University of Houston.

U.S. 6,645,657 (20031111), Sol-gel coated cathode side hardware for carbonate fuel cells, Chao Huang and Jian Li, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 6,645,658 (20031111), Conductive plate and manufacturing method thereof, Eiichiro Morozumi, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,645,659 (20031111), Fuel cell apparatus, Toru Bisaka, Hiroaki Nishiumi, and Hideyuki Tanaka, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,645,660 (20031111), Screen-printing paste and screen-printing method of fabricating a gas diffusion electrode, Armin Datz, Barbara Schricker, Manfred Waidhas, Winfried Schaffrath, and Peter Otschik, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,645,661 (20031111), Seal and bleed valve unit for electric batteries, Franco Stocchiero (IT).

U.S. 6,645,662 (20031111), Battery provided with an old-or-new identification seal having a heat sensitive adhesive layer, Tadashi Ono, Katsuhiko Kumakura, Minoru Kouda, and Tomotaka Kawano, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,663 (20031111), Life extending battery adapter for multi-chemistry battery systems, Heather N. Bean, Christopher A. Whitman, Matt Flach, and Jerry Swinford, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,645,664 (20031111), Battery module and container for battery module, Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Yoshito Chikano, Kazunari Ohkita, Ikuo Yonezu, and Koji Nishio, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,665 (20031111), Battery retainer, Chee Seng Aw, Christoper Leitao, Eng Seng Lim, and David Tan, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,645,666 (20031111), Battery cooling system, Robert G. Moores Jr., Rouse R. Bailey Jr., Robert Bradus, John R Cochran, Lee W Ramstrom, Fred S. Watts, Paul S. White, Daniele C. Brotto, and Janet M. Embrey, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 6,645,667 (20031111), Lithium secondary cell, Kazuya Iwamoto, Takafumi Oura, Shinji Nakanishi, Atsushi Ueda, and Hizuru Koshina, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,668 (20031111), Closed battery module, Toyohiko Etou (JP).

U.S. 6,645,669 (20031111), Battery pack and method for constructing same, Daniel J. White, Paul S White, and Adam M. Casalena, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 6,645,670 (20031111), Efficient cell stack for cells with double current collectors sandwich cathodes, Hong Gan, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,645,671 (20031111), Lithium secondary battery, anode for lithium secondary battery, and method for manufacturing the anode, Masami Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, and Tamotsu Yamamoto, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,672 (20031111), Alkaline storage battery and method for manufacturing the same, Shigekazu Yasuoka, Yoshinori Yokoyama, Atsumu Imasato, and Takaaki Ikemachi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,673 (20031111), Process for producing lithium titanate and lithium ion battery and negative electrode therein, Tetsuya Yamawaki, Kiyoshi Eto, and Hideki Sakai, Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,645,674 (20031111), Ether derivative additive in nonaqueous electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, Jeong­soon Shin, Jin­sung Kim, Eui­sun Hong, Jong­wook Lee, Young­gyu Kim, and Jong­seob Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Cheil Industries Inc. (KR).

U.S. 6,645,675 (20031111), Solid polymer electrolytes, M. Zafar A. Munshi, Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,645,772 (20031111), Method for improved detection of carbon monoxide by infrared absorption spectroscopy, Kevin W. Kirby, Amanda C. Phelps, and Robert N. Schwartz, HRL Laboratories, LLC.

U.S. 6,646,078 (20031111), Method of producing paraffin wax for aqueous dispersion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene and method of producing a polytetrafluoroethylene using the same, Shigeki Kobayashi, Jun Hoshikawa, Kazuo Kato, Hiroki Kamiya, and Hiroyuki Hirai, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP) and Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,646,413 (20031111), Fuel cell system and method for operating the fuel cell system, Rainer Autenrieth, Gerhard Konrad, Karsten Ledwig, Michael Niehues, and Markus Walter, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 6,646,414 (20031111), Rechargeable battery pack and battery pack charger with safety mechanisms, David Small, Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC.

U.S. 6,646,416 (20031111), Electrical rechargeable battery, Peter Streuer and Peter Schellenberg, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,646,417 (20031111), Charger and electrical apparatus, Koichi Sato and Yoshinao Kato, Pioneer Corp. (JP) and Tohoku Pioneer Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,646,418 (20031111), Method and apparatus for fuel cell protection, Chenggang Xie and Jerald A. Hallmark, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,646,419 (20031111), State of charge algorithm for lead­acid battery in a hybrid electric vehicle, Ramona Y. Ying, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,646,420 (20031111), Method of interrupting and dynamically switching ranges to improve battery charge measurement range in a sigma delta converter, Stanley J. Goldman, Texas Instruments Inc.

U.S. 6,646,421 (20031111), Method and apparatus for controlling residual battery capacity of secondary battery, Tadao Kimura and Masayoshi Toyota, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,646,422 (20031111), Battery pack, Masaki Hogari and Shuichiro Maekawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,646,423 (20031111), Formation procedure for alkaline nickel­zinc cells, Ramesh C. Kainthla, Rechargeable Battery Corp.

U.S. 6,646,442 (20031111), Voltage detection device for a battery package, Tomoya Katoh, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,646,561 (20031111), Method and device for in-use detecting low cranking strength of a combustion engine battery during engine starting, Amos Zur and Offer Lapidot, Battery Alert Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,646,845 (20031111), Battery protection system and method, Steven Richard Turner, Mark S. Formulak, and Kaushik Rajashekara, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,647,939 (20031118), Vehicle engine starting system and method, Kouji Manabe and Kazuhira Kobayashi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd .(JP).

U.S. 6,648,018 (20031118), Bypass control valve, Frederic Gagnon, Siemens Automotive Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,648,019 (20031118), Air mass flow controller, Frederic Gagnon, Siemens Automotive Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,648,062 (20031118), Heat sink-type cooling device, Tomohiro Fukazu, Tomoya Yamagishi, and Hirotomo Koike, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,648,090 (20031118), Structure for installing an automotive battery, Tsutomu Iwase, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,648,669 (20031118), Electrical connection with sequential disconnect, Bobby Kim and Takashi Takagishi, Yazaki North America.

U.S. 6,648,701 (20031118), Battery clamp, Bob Mouissie, Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,649,031 (20031118), Corrosion resistant coated fuel cell bipolar plate with filled-in fine scale porosities and method of making the same, Zafar Iqbal, Dave Narasimhan, James V. Guiheen, and Timothy Rehg, Hybrid Power Generation Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,649,033 (20031118), Method for producing electrode for lithium secondary battery, Hiromasa Yagi and Hisaki Tarui, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,097 (20031118), Method of making a gasket for layer-built fuel cells, Yasunori Sasaki, Kazuhisa Senda, Osamu Nagai, Shigeo Wakamatsu, Osamu Ando, and Tasashi Fujimoto, Nok Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,102 (20031118), Method of cutting expanded graphite sheet material, Neil V. Davis and David Brown, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,649,211 (20031118), Selective deposition of hydrous ruthenium oxide thin films, Karen Swider Lyons and Debra Rose Rolison, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,649,289 (20031118), Fuel cell power supply system, Michael S. Hsu and Robin Y. P. Ong, Ztek Corp.

U.S. 6,649,290 (20031118), Fuel cell thermal management system and method, David Leboe and Adrian J. Corless, Cellex Power Products, Inc.

U.S. 6,649,291 (20031118), Method for driving a fuel cell vehicle and fuel cell vehicle, Masaki Iijima and Kazuto Kobayashi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,292 (20031118), Fuel cell system having a reformer unit, Norbert Breuer and Christian Schiller, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,649,293 (20031118), Heatable end plate, fuel cell assembly, and method for operating a fuel cell assembly, Daniel O. Jones, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,649,294 (20031118), Metal­air fuel cell battery systems having mechanism for extending the path length of metal-fuel tape during discharging and recharging modes of operation, Sadeg M Faris and Tsepin Tsai, Revco, Inc.

U.S. 6,649,295 (20031118), Membrane electrode assembly having annealed polymer electrolyte membrane, Steven Joseph Hamrock, John Leonard Lewin, and Shane Shanhong Mao, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,649,296 (20031118), Unitized cell solid oxide fuel cells, Nguyen Q. Minh, Hybrid Power Generation Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,649,297 (20031118), Bipolar plates for fuel cell and fuel cell comprising same, Marielle Marchand, Olivier Lebaigue, Michel Amblard, Bruno Bador, Fabien Heurtaux, and Jean­Pierre Lisse, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (FR), Automobiles Peugeot (FR), Automobiles Citrogen (FR), and Renault SA (FR).

U.S. 6,649,298 (20031118), Electronic apparatus using fuel cell assembly, Kyoji Hayashi, Nobutaka Nakamura, Naoki Fujiwara, and Fumitaka Sato, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,649,299 (20031118), Gas diffusion electrode with nanosized pores and method for making same, A. John Appleby and Serguey Gamburzev, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 6,649,300 (20031118), Electrode catalyst and electrochemical devices using the same, Takashi Ito and Masahai Endou, NE Chemcat Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,301 (20031118), Sealed battery, Wan­Seog Oh, Sang­Won Lee, Soo­Min Park, and Eung­Kil Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,649,302 (20031118), Temperature sensing device for use in secondary battery pack, and secondary battery pack incorporating the same, Minoru Shimada and Takayo Katsuki, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,303 (20031118), Alkaline storage battery with group of spiral electrodes, Hideo Kasuga, Tadashi Ise, and Nobuyasu Ishimaru, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,304 (20031118), Nickel-series rechargeable battery and process for the production thereof, Atsushi Tani and Soichiro Kawakami, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,649,305 (20031118), Secondary electrochemical generators of the zinc-anode alkaline type, Bernard Bugnet and Denis Doniat, SCPS Societe de Conseil et de Prospective Scientifique SA (FR).

U.S. 6,649,306 (20031118), Alloy for thin positive grid for lead acid batteries and method for manufacture of grid, R. David Prengaman, RSR Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,649,307 (20031118), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Hideki Terashima, Yuzuru Fukushima, Kimio Takahashi, Hiroko Ohnuma, Kotaro Satori, and Akinori Kita, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,649,559 (20031118), Supported metal membrane, a process for its preparation and use, Ernst Drost, Werner Kuhn, Meike Roos, Stefan Wieland, and Bernd Kempf, dmc2 Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG (DE).

U.S. 6,649,562 (20031118), Methanol-decomposing catalyst and methanol-decomposing apparatus comprising same, Takahiro Naka, Hideaki Sumi, Kazuhito Matsuda, and Shoji Isobe, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,649,703 (20031118), Cross-linked sulphonated polymers and their preparation process, Christophe Michot and Michel Armand, Hydro­Quebec (CA).

U.S. 6,650,000 (20031118), Apparatus and method for forming a battery in an integrated circuit, Arne W. Ballantine, Robert A. Groves, Jennifer L. Lund, James S. Nakos, Michael B. Rice, and Anthony K. Stamper, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,650,085 (20031118), Modular solar battery charger, Po K. Lau and Sass M. Peress, ICP Global Technologies, Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,650,086 (20031118), Automatic detecting and switching vehicle charger, I­Chang Chang (TW).

U.S. 6,650,087 (20031118), Vehicle having an electrical connection box and electrical connection box for use in the vehicle, Eriko Yuasa, Shuji Yamakawa, and Shinshu Kato, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,650,088 (20031118), Apparatus and system for charging a portable electronic device, William D. Webb and Huy Nguyen, Palm, Inc.

U.S. 6,650,089 (20031118), Control circuit for multiple battery systems with capacity gauge on end equipment, David Freeman and Jose Antonio Formenti, Texas Instruments Inc.

U.S. 6,650,090 (20031118), Battery pack and signal transmission system, Tamiji Nagai, Tamon Ikeda, Kazuo Yamazaki, Makoto Kamoshida, Tadahisa Yamamoto, and Kuniharu Suzuki, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,650,091 (20031118), High current pulse generator, Lih­Ren Shiue, Abel Sun, and Hsing­Chen Chung, Luxon Energy Devices Corp. (TW).

U.S. 6,650,102 (20031118), High throughput mechanical property testing of materials libraries using a piezoelectric, Damian A. Hajduk, Eric D. Carlson, J. Christopher Freitag, Oleg Kolosov, James R. Engstrom, Adam Safir, Ravi Srinivasan, and Leonid Matsiev, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,650,531 (20031118), Laminated electric double layer capacitor module, Katsuji Ikeda, Yoshihiro Hozumi, and Masami Kashihara, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,650,967 (20031118), Battery configuration with a click, Pierre Got, Christian de Varennes, and Marc Lavergne, Astec International Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 6,650,968 (20031118), Technique to regulate an efficiency of a fuel cell system, Ryan Hallum, Eric Kueckels, Richard J. Graham, Adam Solodow, Mark Torpey, Arne Ballantine, and Chris Comi, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,651,446 (20031125), Battery thermal drawer for ventilated cabinets, Mark C. Woods.

U.S. 6,651,597 (20031125), Plasmatron having an air jacket and method for operating the same, Michael J. Daniel, Rudolf M. Smaling, Kurt D. Zwanzig, M. Lee Murrah, and Shawn D. Bauer, Arvin Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,651,701 (20031125), Hydrogen storage apparatus and charging method therefor, Takahiro Kuriiwa, Toshiaki Shimada, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,651,761 (20031125), Temperature control system for fuel cell electric vehicle cooling circuit, Davorin David Hrovat, Jahanbakhsh Asgari, Josko Deur, and William Samuel Schwartz, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,652,075 (20031125), Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof, Joseph M. Jacobson, E. Ink Corp.

U.S. 6,652,330 (20031125), Storage battery monitoring system with automatic electrical load shedding, Kurt J. Wasilewski, Brunswick Corp.

U.S. 6,652,440 (20031125), Electroactive polymers of high sulfur content for use in electrochemical cells, Igor P. Kovalev, Vadim V. Annenkov, Steven A. Carlson, and Boris A. Trofimov, Moltech Corp.

U.S. 6,652,605 (20031125), Process for preparation of a lithiated or overlithiated transition metal oxide, active positive electrode materials containing this oxide, and a battery, Carole Bourbon, Frederic Le Cras, Franck Rouppert, and Didier Bloch, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (FR).

U.S. 6,652,676 (20031125), Zinc alloy containing a bismuth­indium intermetallic compound for use in alkaline batteries, Timothy R. Hymer and Stephen E. James, Big River Zinc Corp.

U.S. 6,652,723 (20031125), Hydrogen gas sensor, Norihiko Nadanami, Norobu Ishida, Takafumi Oshima, Ryuji Inoue, and Tomonori Kondo, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,652,732 (20031125), Fan flow sensor for proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell, Lawrence C. Moulthrop, Ricky S. Scott, Charles Bennet McCollough, Richard A. Dubey Jr., and A. John Speranza, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,652,819 (20031125), Production of high purity vanadium compound from vanadium-containing carbonaceous residues, Yoshimi Shiroto and Ataru Wakabayashi, Chiyoda Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,652,830 (20031125), Catalysts reactors and methods of producing hydrogen via the water­gas shift reaction, Yong Wang and Anna Lee Y Tonkovich, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,653,002 (20031125), Quick charge battery with thermal management, Ronald J. Parise.

U.S. 6,653,003 (20031125), Fuel cell support and electrical interconnector, Tsepin Tsai, Wayne Yao, Lin­Feng Li, George Tzeng, Michael Rabin, William Morris, and Sadeg M. Faris, Reveo Inc.

U.S. 6,653,004 (20031125), Process control for multiple air supplies, Jeffrey Lewis Barber.

U.S. 6,653,005 (20031125), Portable hydrogen generator­fuel cell apparatus, Nazim Muradov, University of Central Florida.

U.S. 6,653,006 (20031125), System for fuel cell reformer start-up, Paul J. Berlowitz, Ramesh Varadaraj, and Frank Hershkowitz, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.

U.S. 6,653,007 (20031125), Hydrogen generator for fuel cell operation, Edward Milton McWhorter.

U.S. 6,653,008 (20031125), Fuel cell apparatus, Syuji Hirakata, Shin Nishida, Akira Aoto, Toru Bisaka, Hideyuki Tanaka, and Yutaka Hotta, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,653,009 (20031125), Solid oxide fuel cells and interconnectors, Conghua Wang, Ponnusamy Palanisamy, Mark Stuart Hammond, and Barry Jay Thaler, Sarnoff Corp.

U.S. 6,653,010 (20031125), Fuel cell system, Andreas Knoop, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,653,011 (20031125), Electrochemical cell frame having integral protector portion, Mark E. Dristy, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,653,012 (20031125), Humidifier, Motohiro Suzuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, and Hiroshi Shimanuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,653,013 (20031125), Current collecting lugs in a cylindrical battery, Makoto Hisai, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,015 (20031125), Lithium ion secondary battery, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kouji Hamano, Takayuki Inuzuka, Michio Murai, Hisashi Shiota, Shigeru Aihara, and Syo Shiraga, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,653,016 (20031125), Extended temperature operating range electrochemical cells, Cecilia T. Maske, Gerald Sanden, Zhihong Jin, Patrick Spellman, and Janna L. Rose, Rayovac Corp.

U.S. 6,653,017 (20031125), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells, Kouichi Satoh, Naoya Nakanishi, Noboru Nakano, Toshiyuki Nohma, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,018 (20031125), Electrochemical device, Tetsuya Takahashi, Toshinobu Miyakoshi, Tsuyoshi Iijima, Kazuya Ogawa, and Satoshi Maruyama, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,019 (20031125), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Harunari Shimamura and Yoshiaki Nitta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,020 (20031125), Metal nitride electrode materials for high capacity rechargeable lithium battery cells, Glenn G. Amatucci and Nathalie Pereira, Rutgers University Foundation.

U.S. 6,653,021 (20031125), Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing same, Ho­Jin Kweon, Jung­Joon Park, Jeong­Soon Shin, and Kyeong­Min Jeong, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,653,022 (20031125), Vanadium oxide electrode materials and methods, Sara Nordlinder, Kristina Edstrom, and Torbjorn Gustafson, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (SE).

U.S. 6,653,023 (20031125), Rectangular battery, Masao Inoue, Takeo Hamamatsu, Takashi Nagase, and Hideyuki Asanuma, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,252 (20031125), Method of manufacturing electrode or electrode­electrolyte membrane joint body for fuel cell and electrode for fuel cell, Tatsuya Kawahara, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,653,515 (20031125), Synthesis of a,b,b­trifluorostyrene via in-situ formation of trifluorovinyl metal halide, Charles Stone, Timothy J. Peckham, Donald J. Burton, and Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,653,745 (20031125), Power source apparatus for a car, Ryoso Masaki, Masahiko Amano, Mutsuhiro Mori, Hideki Miyazaki, Kazuo Tahara, and Keiichi Mashino, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,653,749 (20031125), Portable power supply system and a method for providing electrical power, Geoffrey Delbridge, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,653,813 (20031125), Apparatus and method for the power management of operatively connected modular devices, Nizam Issa Khatri, Thomson Licensing, SA (FR).

U.S. 6,653,814 (20031125), Method for determining power supply compatibility in a portable device, Joseph Patino, Motorola Inc.

U.S. 6,653,816 (20031125), Battery with embedded power management, Sarah A. Peek and Iilonga Thandiwe, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,653,817 (20031125), State-of-charge detection device for a battery, Edward Dean Tate Jr., Mark William Verbrugge, and Shawn D. Sarbacker, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,653,818 (20031125), Method for predicting the equilibrated open-circuit voltage of an electrochemical energy store, Helmut Laig­Horstebrock and Eberhard Meissner, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,653,819 (20031125), Refresh charge control device and method, Shuuichi Nagata, Yoshinori Okazaki, Kousuke Suzui, and Hidenori Yokoyama, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,653,820 (20031125), Apparatus and method for protecting a battery cell from overcharging, Gregory J. Smith, National Semiconductor Corp.

U.S. 6,653,843 (20031125), Battery acid level alarm, Norton W. Whitchurch, Pacer Engineered Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,654,228 (20031125), Energy storage device having DC voltage converter, John C. Bailey, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,654,229 (20031125), Electrode material for electric double layer capacitor and electric double layer capacitor using the same, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 6,654,640 (20031125), Method for monitoring end of life for battery, Michael J. Lyden, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.