U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

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

Official Gazette, Volume 1277 (December 2003)

U.S. 6,655,130 (20031202), System and controls for near zero cold start tailpipe emissions in internal combustion engines, John E. Kirwan, Malcolm James Grieve, and Ather A. Quader, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,655,325 (20031202), Power generation system and method with exhaust side solid oxide fuel cell, Jean Joseph Botti, Malcom James Grieve, and Carl Elmer Miller, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,655,424 (20031202), Fuel gas filler structure for gas-fueled vehicle, Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, and Seiji Ohgami, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,655,910 (20031202), Turbocompressor with specially configured thrust washer, G. Fonda­Bonardi.

U.S. 6,655,984 (20031202), Compact electrical charger, Erh­Chien Tsai (TW).

U.S. 6,656,232 (20031202), Electrode for battery, manufacturing method thereof, and apparatus for it, Hiroyuki Usui, Tsuneo Ando, Ikuo Katsumata, and Hiroki Takeshima, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,233 (20031202), Method of producing negative electrode for lithium secondary cell, Hirokazu Kugai, Nobuhiro Ota, and Shosaku Yamanaka, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,234 (20031202), Tuning battery electrode porosity technical field, Derek Richard Dexter and Ronald David Brost, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,656,246 (20031202), Process for producing hydrogen absorbing alloy powder, hydrogen absorbing alloy powder, and hydrogen-storing tank for mounting in vehicle, Izuru Kanoya, Takanori Suzuki, Mitsuya Hosoe, and Hajime Goto, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,339 (20031202), Method of forming a nano-supported catalyst on a substrate for nanotube growth, Albert A. Talin, Bernard F. Coll, Kenneth A. Dean, and Matthew Stainer, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,656,390 (20031202), Preparation of energy storage materials, Lin Song Li and Quanxi Jia, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,656,441 (20031202), Process for the preparation of lithium metaphosphate, Subramanian Angaiah, Vasudevan Thiagarajan, Gnagadharan Ramaiyer, and Raghavan Meenakshisundaram, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (IN).

U.S. 6,656,526 (20031202), Porously coated open-structure substrate and method of manufacture thereof, Alfred I­Tsung Pan, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,656,564 (20031202), Ceramic honeycomb structure, Yukihito Ichikawa, Takahiro Kondo, Makoto Miyazaki, and Masahiro Shirai, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,580 (20031202), Impregnation of a graphite sheet with a sealant, John G. Woods, Henkel Loctite Corp.

U.S. 6,656,616 (20031202), Fuel cell system, Stefan Boneberg, Michael Schonert, and Thomas Stark, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,656,617 (20031202), Fuel gas production system for fuel cells, Satoshi Aoyama, Hiromichi Sato, Toshihide Nakata, and Satoshi Iguchi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,618 (20031202), Fuel cells system and method of controlling cells, Masayoshi Iwase, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,619 (20031202), Fuel cell system and method for operating a fuel cell, Werner Belschner, Joachim Blum, and Lars Kaufmann, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,656,620 (20031202), Humidification system for a fuel cell, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Motohiro Suzuki, and Yoshio Kusano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,621 (20031202), Fuel cell stack, Koji Okazaki and Yoshinori Wariishi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,622 (20031202), Degasified PEM fuel cell system, Albert P. Grasso, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,656,623 (20031202), Low-cost atmospheric SOFC power generation system, Randall A. Holmes, Paolo R. Zafred, James E. Gillett, Robert Draper, Louis K. Lau, Richard A. Basel, Robert L. Cather, Vinod B. Doshi, and James M. Toms, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp.

U.S. 6,656,624 (20031202), Polarized gas separator and liquid coalescer for fuel cell stack assemblies, George R. King, Reliant Energy Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,656,625 (20031202), Glass­ceramic coatings and sealing arrangements and their use in fuel cells, Christopher Thompson, Anthony Wood, and Stephen Pyke, Alstom U.K. Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,656,626 (20031202), Cordless power tool battery release mechanism, Tom Mooty, Earl Clowers, Mark Etter, Daily Gist, and Michael Lagaly, Porter­Cable Corp.

U.S. 6,656,627 (20031202), Battery pack, Eizi Yokoyama, Hitoshi Kobayashi, and Kenjiro Yamasaki, Rohm Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,628 (20031202), Power generating method using seawater and power generating apparatus using the method, Tao­Kuang Chang (TW) and Chih­Shen Chen (TW).

U.S. 6,656,629 (20031202), High rate electrochemical cell, Dale R. Getz, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,656,630 (20031202), Formed in situ separator for a battery, Samuel Firestone Reichert, Bernice Shou­Hua Chang, Kevin Keough, Andrew C. Harvey, Robert Francis Kovar, and Thomas M. Tiano, Eveready Battery Co.

U.S. 6,656,631 (20031202), Battery housing, electricity delivering system and method of delivering electricity, Robert Zayatz and Michael David Brown, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,656,632 (20031202), Cell module structure, Satoru Asaka, Kenji Matsumoto, and Toshiyuki Matsuoka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,656,633 (20031202), Binder for electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and utilization thereof, Masahiro Yamakawa, Takao Suzuki, and Haruhisa Yamamoto, Zeon Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,634 (20031202), Non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell, Yosuke Hosoya, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,635 (20031202), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Tsuyoshi Okawa, Mamoru Hosoya, Junji Kuyama, and Yuzuru Fukushima, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,636 (20031202), Nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery, Takeshi Ogasawara, Mitsunori Tokuda, and Mutsumi Yano, Sanyo Electronic Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,637 (20031202), Carbon-based active material for rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing carbon-based active material, Sang­Young Yoon, Mishima Ryoji, Tsuno Toshiaki, and Matsubara Keiko, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,656,638 (20031202), Non-aqueous electrolyte battery having a lithium manganese oxide electrode, Kiyoshi Yamaura, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,639 (20031202), Bipolar electrode having non-conductive electrode substrate and fibrous electrochemically active material, Christoph M. Hagg and Maria Skyllas­Kazacos, Unisearch Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,656,640 (20031202), Non-sintered electrode with three-dimensional support for a secondary electrochemical cell having an alkaline electrolyte, Olivier Amiel, Ines Belkhir, Jean­Pierre Freluche, Nathalie Pineau, Christian Dupuy, and Stephane Babin, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,656,641 (20031202), Methods of enhancing conductivity of a polymer­ceramic composite electrolyte, Binod Kumar, University of Dayton.

U.S. 6,656,642 (20031202), Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Akira Ueki, Koji Abe, and Tsutomu Takai, Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,656,870 (20031202), Tungsten-containing fuel cell catalyst and method of making same, Joel B. Christian and Robert G. Mendenhall, Osram Sylvania Inc.

U.S. 6,657,072 (20031202), Method of preparing lithium complex salts for use in electrochemical cells, Leonov Andrei, Armin de­Meijere, and Michael Schmidt, Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung (DE).

U.S. 6,657,119 (20031202), Electric connection of electrochemical and photoelectrochemical cells, Sten­Eric Lindquist, Anders Hagfeldt, Henrik Lindstrom, and Sven Sodergren, Forskarpatent I Uppsala AB (SE).

U.S. 6,657,414 (20031202), Terminal device for a battery container on an electromobile, Ming­Chuan Cheng, Merits Health Products Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,657,415 (20031202), Portable apparatus, Mitsuo Saeki, Kouichi Matsuda, Hidekiyo Ozawa, and Shigeo Tanaka, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,657,850 (20031202), Electric double layer capacitor and method of forming the same, Yutaka Nakazawa, Koji Sakata, and Ryuuichi Kasahara, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,659,281 (20031209), Button cell battery pack, Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Bruce L. Winkler, Julie A. Strasser, Robert G. LaMasney, and Larry K. Bauer, Rayovac Corp.

U.S. 6,659,283 (20031209), Capacitor grade powders, Barry C. Muffoletto and Ashish Shah, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,659,433 (20031209), Humidifier, Yoshio Kusano, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, and Motohiro Suziki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,659,783 (20031209), Electrical connector including variable resistance to reduce arcing, Charles Dudley Copper, Henry O. Herrmann Jr., Thomas Randy Matthews, Larry George Novotny, Jeremy Patterson, Norbert Krause, and Horst Teutschlaender, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 6,659,786 (20031209), Electrical connector, Markus Eckel and Josef Woller, Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,660,050 (20031209), Method for controlling deposits in the fuel reformer of a fuel cell system, Gunther H. Dieckmann, James D. Kramer, and Richard E. Cherpeck, Chevron USA Inc.

U.S. 6,660,064 (20031209), Activated carbon as sole absorbent in rapid cycle hydrogen PSA, Timothy Christopher Golden and Edward Landis Weist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,660,069 (20031209), Hydrogen extraction unit, Hiromichi Sato, Satoshi Iguchi, Satoshi Aoyama, Naoki Ito, and Toshihide Nakata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,660,090 (20031209), Film or coating deposition on a substrate, Kwang­Leong Choy and Wei Bai, Innovative Materials Processing Technologies, Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,660,192 (20031209), Molded waveguides, Enoch Kim, Younan Xia, Milan Mrksich, Rebecca J. Jackman, Xiao­Mei Zhao, Stephen P. Smith, Mara G. Prentiss, George M. Whitesides, and Christian Marzolin (FR).

U.S. 6,660,224 (20031209), Method of making open cell material, Louis­Philippe Lefebvre and Yannig Thomas, National Research Council of Canada (CA).

U.S. 6,660,244 (20031209), Hydrogen generating system, Yoshimasa Negishi, Masaaki Yamaoka, Kyo Hattori, Kazumasa Takada, Hiromi Tanaka, and Shigeto Kajiwara, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,660,415 (20031209), Method for improving the light-off performance of mobile fuel cell systems, Christian Klein and Martin Schuessler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,660,416 (20031209), Self-inerting fuel processing system, Richard A Sederquist and Kevin Marchand, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,660,417 (20031209), Fuel cell generator, Koji Nishio and Fusao Terada, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,418 (20031209), Electrical device with removable enclosure for electrochemical cell, Lawrence A. Tinker and John D. Witzigreuter, AER Energy Resources, Inc.

U.S. 6,660,419 (20031209), Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazufumi Nishida, Eiichi Yasumoto, Hisaaki Gyoten, Kazuhito Hatoh, Makoto Uchida, Hideo Ohara, Yasushi Sugawara, Teruhisa Kanbara, Toshihiro Matsumoto, and Junji Niikura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,420 (20031209), Separator for a fuel cell and a method of producing the same, Tsunemori Yoshida, Katsunori Sugita, Terumasa Yamamoto, and Masahito Kaji, Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,421 (20031209), System for storing fuel in a handheld device, Piedad Gemma Merin Celemin, Carlos Quinones De La Guia, Mauel Vazquez Lopez, Christopher Rouverand, and Jean Marc Bertelli, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,660,422 (20031209), Proton exchange membrane fuel cell external manifold seal, Myron Krasij, Bryan F Dufner, and Ronald G Martin, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,660,423 (20031209), Direct methanol fuel cell including a water management system and method of fabrication, Jay Neutzler, Joseph W. Bostaph, and Allison M. Fisher, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,660,424 (20031209), Fuel cell and method of manufacture thereof, Hisaaki Gyoten, Eiichi Yasumoto, Makoto Uchida, Yasushi Sugawara, Kazufumi Nishida, Kazuhito Hatoh, Yukiyoshi Ono, Hideo Ohara, Junji Morita, Yasuo Takebe, Teruhisa Kanbara, and Osamu Sakai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,425 (20031209), Catalyst design for VRLA batteries, William E. M. Jones, Harold A. Vanasse, and Joshua E. Clapper, William E. M. Jones (BS).

U.S. 6,660,426 (20031209), Multi-cell storage battery with gas vent in a cover assembly, Werner Hampe, Jurgen Freitag, and Wilhelm Cramer, Accumulatorenwerke Hoppecke Carl Zoellner & Sohn GmbH & Co.

U.S. 6,660,427 (20031209), Latch assembly for portable electronic device, Victor J. Hukill and David G. Teteak, Motorola Inc.

U.S. 6,660,428 (20031209), Metal oxide electrochemical cell filled with a highly conductive gas, John C. Hall, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 6,660,429 (20031209), Battery leads for use in a multi-layer cell and method of forming the same, Ronald V. O’Connell, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,430 (20031209), Package for nonaqueous electrolyte cell and cell comprising the same, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Osamu Hiroi, Yukiyasu Nakao, Hisashi Shiota, Shigeru Aihara, Daigo Takemura, Hiroaki Urushibata, Michio Murai, and Tetsuyuki Kurata, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,660,431 (20031209), Hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode, electrode producing method and alkali storage battery, Sou Kuranaka, Akihiro Maeda, and Yoshio Moriwaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,432 (20031209), Lithiated oxide materials and methods of manufacture, Jens Martin Paulsen, Loan Yen Kieu, and Brett Graeme Ammundsen, Ilion Technology Corp.

U.S. 6,660,433 (20031209), Lithium secondary battery and battery device comprising same, Hiroshi Watanabe, Shiori Nakamizo, and Satoshi Narukawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,660,434 (20031209), Engineered carbonaceous materials and power sources using these materials, Igor V. Barsukov, Peter L. Zaleski, David J. Derwin, Richard J. Girkant, and Maritza Gallego, Superior Graphite Co.

U.S. 6,660,435 (20031209), Organic electrolyte electric cell, Xavier Andrieu, François Boudin, Laurent Moreau, and Ib Ingemann Olsen, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,660,583 (20031209), Process for producing activated carbon for electrode of electric double-layer capacitor, and carbon material, Takeshi Fujino, Shigeki Oyama, Kenji Sato, and Minoru Noguchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,660,680 (20031209), Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Mark J. Hampden­Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, and David Dericotte, Superior MicroPowders, LLC.

U.S. 6,660,795 (20031209), PTC conductive polymer compositions, Edward J. Blok, Therm­O­Disc, Inc.

U.S. 6,661,196 (20031209), Charger contact, Quing­Hua “Lucy” Zeng, Charles William Friedli, and Douglas Arthur Vine, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,661,197 (20031209), Wireless battery charging system for existing hearing aids using a dynamic battery and a charging processor unit, Uwe Zink and Gary Skuro.

U.S. 6,661,198 (20031209), Circuit for adjusting charging rate of cells in combination, Kimihiko Furukawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,661,200 (20031209), Rechargeable power supply system and method of protection against abnormal charging, Shigefumi Odaohhara, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,661,201 (20031209), Method for controlling battery charge and discharge, Toshifumi Ueda and Nobuyasu Morishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,661,202 (20031209), Degradation degree computing method and unit for battery, Youichi Arai, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,661,203 (20031209), Battery charging and discharging system optimized for high temperature environments, Dale Wolin, Eugene Cohen, and Richard G. Sevier, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,661,204 (20031209), Battery charge monitor, John Stuart Malcolm, Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,661,231 (20031209), Battery capacity calculating method and device therefor, Youichi Arai, Tsutomu Saigo, and Hideaki Kamohara, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,661,633 (20031209), Protective element, Kazutaka Furuta, Norikazu Iwasaki, and Hisaya Tamura, Sony Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,662,123 (20031209), Method and apparatus for identification of an external power supply in a motor vehicle, Rainer Maeckel and Marcus Kneifel, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,662,566 (20031216), Process and apparatus for two-stage supercharging of process air for a fuel cell, Falko Berg, Robert Geiser, Michael Kising, Viktor Pfeffeer, Goetz Von Esebeck, and Friedrich Wirbeleit, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA)

US 6,662,633 (20031216), Method and apparatus for locating internal transfer leaks within fuel cell stacks, Stephen John Pratt, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,663,364 (20031216), Scroll type compressor, Masahiko Okada, Takahiro Moroi, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Tsutomu Nasuda, and Ryuta Kawaguchi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,663,400 (20031216), Wiring board having connector and method of manufacturing the same, Eizi Yokoyama, Rohn Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,663,439 (20031216), Electrical connector with spring biased contacts, Randall R. Henry and Michael J. Phillips, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 6,663,681 (20031216), Method for the production of hydrogen and applications thereof, James Kelly Kindig, Boyd R. Davis, Robert R. Odle, and Thomas E. Weyand, Alchemix Corp.

U.S. 6,663,733 (20031216), Resin formed product and methods and devices for making the same, Tamotsu Nagaya, Mitsuharu Aoyama, Kouichi Oshitani, Shinji Tomita, and Shigenori Hirota, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,663,755 (20031216), Filtered cathodic arc deposition method and apparatus, Vladimir I. Gorokhovsky, G & H Technologies LLC.

U.S. 6,663,807 (20031216), Process for complex shape formation using flexible graphite sheets, Jeremy H. Klug, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,663,819 (20031216), Conductive plate molding method, Eiichiro Morozumi, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,663,990 (20031216), Fuel cell system and method, Masatoshi Iio and Takanori Hiyoshi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,663,991 (20031216), Fuel cell pressurization system, Charles Alexander Garris, The George Washington University.

U.S. 6,663,992 (20031216), Cooling rib arrangement for the equalization of the temperature distribution in air cooled stacks, Werner Lehnert, Martin Wohr, Stephan Fell, and James H. Lee, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,663,993 (20031216), Cooling device for a fuel cell, Mitsuharu Imaseki and Takeshi Ushio, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,663,994 (20031216), Fuel cell with convoluted MEA, Gerald W. Fly and Brian K. Brady, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,663,995 (20031216), End plates for a fuel cell stack structure, Jeffrey A. Rock, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,663,996 (20031216), Compression mechanism for an electrochemical fuel cell assembly, Peter Robert Gibb and Kemal Ozgur, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,663,997 (20031216), Oxidant flow field for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Zuomin Dong, Ken W. Kratschmar, Dongming Lu, Ryan N. Mackie, Walter R. Merida Donis, Michael E. Pastula, Martin L. Perry, Gaofeng Gary Wang, and Rong Zheng, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,663,998 (20031216), Anode catalyst materials for use in fuel cells, Jens Kehlet Norskov and Ping Liu, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (DK).

U.S. 6,663,999 (20031216), Method of fabricating an assembly comprising an anode-supported electrolyte, and ceramic cell comprising such an assembly, Franciscus Petrus Felix Van Berkel, Jan Pieter Ouweltjes, and Pieter Nammensma, Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (NL).

U.S. 6,664,000 (20031216), Battery pack, Satoshi Sonobe, NEC Mobile Energy Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,001 (20031216), Layered substrate with battery, Akihisa Yamazaki and Youichi Sawachi, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,002 (20031216), Organic expander for lead­acid storage batteries, Timothy J. McNally, Michael E. Sanford, Bernt O. Myrvold, Detchko Pavlov Detchkov, Temelaki Vasilev Rogachev, Geno Petkov Papazov, and Maria Borisova Matrakova, LignoTech USA, Inc.

U.S. 6,664,003 (20031216), Method for enhancing lead oxidation during production of lead acid batteries, R. David Prengaman and Andreas Siegmund, RSR Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,664,004 (20031216), Electrode compositions having improved cycling behavior, Larry J. Krause, James R. Landucci, and Kevin W Eberman, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,664,005 (20031216), Battery electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte battery equipped therewith, Koichiro Kezuka and Takahiro Endo, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,006 (20031216), All-solid-state electrochemical device and method of manufacturing, M. Zafar A. Munshi, Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,664,007 (20031216), Lithium ion secondary battery, M. Zafar A. Munshi, Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,664,008 (20031216), Secondary battery having nonaqueous electrolyte solution, Hitoshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Sato, Minoru Kotato, Hitoshi Ota, and Hideharu Sato, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,757 (20031216), Method and assembly for selectively charging a high voltage vehicular battery, Greg Edward Gauthier, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Renuka Vikram Gokhale, and Venkateswa Anand Sankaran, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 6,664,758 (20031216), Universal power adapter, Fu­I Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,664,759 (20031216), Manually rechargeable power system, Andrew C. Goris, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,664,760 (20031216), Cellular phone charger with data backup function and cellular phone data backup device, Toshihiro Kobayashi, God Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,761 (20031216), Battery voltage detection device, Hirofumi Yudahira and Naohisa Morimoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,664,762 (20031216), High voltage battery charger, Nasser H Kutkut, Power Designers, LLC.

U.S. 6,664,763 (20031216), System for managing power to an implanted device based on operating time, current drain and battery capacity, Guillermo Echarri, Roberto Echarri, Francisco Jose Barreras Sr., and Oscar Jimenez, Exonix Corp.

U.S. 6,664,764 (20031216), Apparatus and method for detecting a battery use state and mitigating battery deterioration, Shigefumi Odaohhara, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,664,765 (20031216), Lithium-ion battery charger power limitation method, Kevin Dotzler and Keisaku Hayashi, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,664,766 (20031216), Supercapacitor balancing method and system, Philippe Desprez, Gerard Barrailh, Damien Rochard, Stephane Rael, Fadi Sharif, and Bernard Davat, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,664,792 (20031216), Method and apparatus for battery power pre-check at system power-on, Don J. Nguyen, Intel Corp.

U.S. 6,665,164 (20031216), Surface mountable over-current protecting apparatus, Edward Fu­Hua Chu, David Shau­Chew Wang, and Yun­Ching Ma, Polytronics Technology Corp. (TW).

U.S. 6,665,169 (20031216), Graphitic nanofibers in electrochemical capacitors, Howard Tennent, David Moy, and Chun­Ming Niu, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 6,665,171 (20031216), Electrochemical capacitor, Yoshinori Takamuka and Hideki Shimamoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,666,034 (20031223), Hydrogen storage and transportation system, Jin­Chin Guan and Ming­Tarng Yeh, Hsu­Yang Technologies Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,666,263 (20031223), Device for cooling a vehicle appliance, in particular a battery or a fuel cell, Klaus Luz, Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender, Peter Geskes, and Friedrich Brotz, Behr GmbH & Co. (DE).

U.S. 6,666,899 (20031223), Method of manufacturing electrode plates for batteries, Jun Matsumura, Hiroshi Inoue, Mitsugu Takaki, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, and Kohei Suzuki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,666,961 (20031223), High differential pressure electrochemical cell, Thomas Skoczylas, Matthew Christopher, Jason K. Shiepe, Mark E. Dristy, and Trent M. Molter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,666,969 (20031223), Microporous polyolefin film and process for producing the same, Hidehiko Funaoka, Kotaro Takita, Norimitsu Kaimai, Shigeaki Kobayashi, and Koichi Kono, Tonen Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,666,973 (20031223), Method for fixing fluorine and phosphorus in waste water containing fluorophosphoric acid-derived compound to remove them, Hirohisa Kikuyama, Toshirou Fukudome, and Masayuki Miyashita, Stella Chemifa Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,667,000 (20031223), Method of producing an electrode, Daisuke Nakazato, Yousuke Miyaki, and Hitoshi Maro, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,014 (20031223), Catalytic reactor and catalyst configuration designed to reduce catalyst slumping and crushing, Donald F. Szydlowski, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,667,022 (20031223), Process for separating synthesis gas into fuel cell quality hydrogen and sequestration ready carbon dioxide, Jerald A. Cole, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,667,099 (20031223), Meso- and nanotubes, Andreas Greiner, Joachim Wendorff, Johannes Averdung, and Michael Droscher, Creavis Gesellschaft fuer Technologie und Innovation mbH (DE).

U.S. 6,667,106 (20031223), Gel composition, process for the preparation of the gel composition, gel electrolyte composition comprising the gel composition process for the preparation of the gel electrolyte composition, and solid electrolyte laminate containing the gel electrolyte composition, Keisuke Kii, Yoshihiro Uetani, and Yutaka Yamamura, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,113 (20031223), Method of producing electrodes for battery, Masaru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Ueyama, Nobuyuki Kamikihara, and Ichiro Takeuchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,122 (20031223), Fuel cell system having a heat exchanger, Lars Kaufmann, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,667,123 (20031223), Down-sized water-gas-shift reactor, Paul Taichiang Yu, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,667,124 (20031223), Seal for fuel cell and forming method therefor, Toshihiko Suenaga, Masajirou Inoue, and Nobuaki Kimura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,667,125 (20031223), Fuel cell with folded proton exchange membrane forming diffusion layer seal, Javier Resto, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,667,126 (20031223), High temperature fuel cell, Harald Landes, Franz Richter, and Hermann Schichl, Fraunhofer­Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung ev (DE).

U.S. 6,667,127 (20031223), Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells, Paul D. Beattie, David P. Wilkinson, Paul Kozak, Haijiang Wang, Sheilah Neumann, John Robert Gordon, Kelvin Keen­Ven Fong, Sonia Geillis Wong­Cheung, Michael Todd Davis, Bien Chiem, and Lynn C. Erickson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,667,128 (20031223), Fuel cells and fuel cell systems containing non-aqueous electrolytes, David J. Edlund, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,667,129 (20031223), Battery pack, Tatsuhisa Chikada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,130 (20031223), Recombinant lead­acid cell and long life battery, Sudhan S. Misra and Franz Wagner, C&D Charter Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 6,667,131 (20031223), Electrochemical cell, Girts Vitins, Keld West, and Rene Koksbang, Danionics A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,667,132 (20031223), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, Masaya Okochi, Masaki Kitagawa, Takashi Takeuchi, Kaoru Inoue, and Hizuru Koshina, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,133 (20031223), Gelating agent for alkaline cell and alkaline cell, Takashi Sumiya, Masami Koike, and Yukio Zenitani, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,254 (20031223), Fibrous nonwoven webs, Delton R. Thompson Jr., David A. Olson, David C. Brownlee, Pamela A. Percha, and Myles L. Brostrom, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,667,268 (20031223), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell having a porous catalyst layer and a method for manufacturing the same, Yasushi Sugawara, Hisaaki Gyoten, Makoto Uchida, Eiichi Yasumoto, Teruhisa Kanbara, and Junji Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,667,377 (20031223), Polyvinylidene fluoride ionomers containing pendant fluoroalkylsulfonyl imide or fluoroalkylsulfonyl methide groups, Andrew Edward Feiring, Christopher Marc Doyle, Mark Gerrit Roelofs, William Brown Farnham, Paul Gregory Bekiarian, and Hanne A. K. Blau, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,667,599 (20031223), Power supply apparatuses and methods of supplying electrical energy, Lawrence Stone and John Cummings, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,667,624 (20031223), Battery clamp connection detection method and apparatus, Kurt Raichle and Garret Miller, SPX Corp.

U.S. 6,668,233 (20031223), Method for identifying the condition of an energy accumulator, Christel Sarfert, Eberhard Schoch, and Richard Schoettle, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,668,247 (20031223), Method and system for determining state-of-health of a lead­acid defibrillator battery using an intelligent system, Pritpal Singh, Craig Fennie Jr., and David E. Reisner, U.S. Nanocorp.

U.S. 6,668,616 (20031230), Carbon monoxide sensor, Rihito Shoji, Nobuharu Katsuki, and Takashi Ida, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,668,857 (20031230), Flow reversal control valve, Frederic Gagnon and David W Balsdon, Siemens Canada Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 6,668,957 (20031230), Vehicle battery support platform assembly and cross tie alignment tool, Arden Lee King, International Truck Intellectual Property Co., LLC.

U.S. 6,669,177 (20031230), Humidifying module, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Motohiro Suzuki, and Yoshio Kusano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,669,463 (20031230), Quick start large dynamic range combustor configuration, Matthew J. Beutel, William H. Pettit, and Steven G. Goebel, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,669,504 (20031230), Coin battery connector, Jerry Wu, Hon Hai Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,669,742 (20031230), Method for producing a nickel metal-hydride storage battery, Masato Onishi, Katsuyuki Tomioka, Noriyuki Fujioka, and Munehisa Ikoma, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,669,826 (20031230), Compact proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrochemical cell stack, Robert W. Milgate Jr. and Anthony B. LaConti, Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,669,860 (20031230), Solid electrolyte, electrochemical device, lithium ion secondary battery, and electric double-layer capacitor, Satoshi Maruyama, Hisashi Suzuki, Kozo Sakurai, Masakatsu Kujira, and Takamasa Yamamoto, TDK Corp. (JP) and Toyo Roshi Kaisha, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,669,917 (20031230), Process for converting coal into fuel cell quality hydrogen and sequestration-ready carbon dioxide, Richard K. Lyon, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,669,923 (20031230), Gas generator, Berthold Keppeler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,670,058 (20031230), Thermocatalytic process for CO-free production of hydrogen and carbon from hydrocarbons, Nazim Z Muradov, University of Central Florida.

U.S. 6,670,059 (20031230), Fuel cell system having flow-diverting element, Phillip Atte Anumu, Axel Kruger, Carlo Saling, and Matthias Wolfsteiner, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,670,060 (20031230), Fuel cell system, Uwe Griesmeier, Dietmar Mirsch, Wolfgang Schmid, Alfred Haug, and Klaus Dobler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,670,061 (20031230), Fuel cell power plant, Masatoshi Iio and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,670,062 (20031230), Methods and systems for humidifying fuel for use in fuel processors and fuel cell systems, Kenneth M. Rush Jr., Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,670,063 (20031230), Fuel cell system, Satoshi Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Abe, Hibiki Saeki, and Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,670,064 (20031230), Air supply pressure setpoint determination for a fuel cell power module, Donald H. Keskula, Victor W. Logan, and Bruce J. Clingerman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,670,065 (20031230), Solid polymer electrolyte, a membrane using thereof, a solution for coating electrode catalyst, a membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell, Toru Koyama, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Yamaga, Tomoichi Kamo, and Kazutoshi Higashiyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,670,066 (20031230), Separator for fuel cell, Makoto Tsuji, Masao Utsunomiya, Teruyuji Ohtani, and Nobuhiro Saito, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,670,067 (20031230), Fuel supply device for fuel cell, Katumi Sato, Kazuya Aoki, Kazunori Fukuma, and Tatsuya Sugawara, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,670,068 (20031230), Fuel cell unit, composite block of fuel cells and method for manufacturing a composite block of fuel cells, Armin Diez, ElringKlinger AG (DE).

U.S. 6,670,069 (20031230), Fuel cell stack assembly, Jeffrey P Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S. 6,670,070 (20031230), Battery and process for preparing the same, Shoji Yoshioka, Makiko Kise, Hiroaki Urushibata, Hisashi Shiota, Jun Aragane, Shigeru Aihara, Daigo Takemura, and Takashi Nishimura, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,670,071 (20031230), Electric storage battery construction and method of manufacture, David M. Skinlo, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Andrew Szyszkowski, Leon Parkhouse, and Vladimir Zolotnik, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 6,670,072 (20031230), Apparatus for inserting battery or accumulator plates into sleeves of separator material, Anton Schwetz, Friedrich Ilgoutz, Thomas Rotbart, and Johann Kurzweil, BM­Battery Machines GmbH (AT)

U.S. 6,670,073 (20031230), Battery constructions having increased internal volume for active components, Gary R. Tucholski, Gary A. Laisy, and George R. Sondecker, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,670,074 (20031230), Glass to metal seal, David M. Spillman, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,670,075 (20031230), Lithium polymer secondary cell, Kenichi Morigaki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Norishige Nanai, and Masaya Ugaji, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,670,076 (20031230), Spinel-type lithium-manganese oxide containing heteroelements preparation process and use thereof, Eiichi Iwata, Ken­ichi Takahashi, and Takashi Mori, Tosoh Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,670,077 (20031230), Impregnated separator for electrochemical cell and method of making same, Wei­Wei Huang, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,670,078 (20031230), Non-aqueous electrolyte cell with a solvent including a S­O bond, Tomohiro Sato, Shoichiro Mori, Marc Deshamps, Minoru Kotato, Noriko Shima, and Hitoshi Suzuki, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,670,301 (20031230), Carbon monoxide tolerant electrocatalyst with low platinum loading and a process for its preparation, Radoslav Adzic, Stanko Brankovic, and Jia Wang, Brookhaven Science Associates LLC.

U.S. 6,670,305 (20031230), Free-standing monolithic catalyst with micro-scale channel dimensions, Joong­Myeon Bae, John David Carter, Michael Krumpelt, and Shabbir Ahmed, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 6,670,403 (20031230), Polymer electrolyte membrane and method of fabrication, Allison M Fisher, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,670,424 (20031230), Ross-linked sulphonated polymers and their preparation process, Christophe Michot and Michel Armand, Hydro­Quebec (CA).

U.S. 6,670,789 (20031230), Voltage equalizing apparatus for battery devices, Seiichi Anzawa, Hiroshi Nishizawa, and Fujio Matsui, Nagano Japan Radio Co. (JP) and Fuji Jakogyo Kabusgiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,670,790 (20031230), Power switch for battery protection, Achim Stellberger, Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,671,166 (20031230), Double layer high power capacitor comprising a liquid organic electrolyte, Jean­François Penneau, François Capitaine, and Guillaume Herlem, Bollore (FR).

U.S. 6,671,187 (20031230), Protection device having a sleeve and method of assembling a battery with a protection device and an electrical component, Robert Zayatz, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.