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U.S. BATTERY AND
FUEL CELL PATENTS
Compiled by Eddie T. Seo
etseo@netway.net
Littleton, CO
Official Gazette, Volume 1280
(March 2004)
U.S. 6,698,278 (20040302), Indirect measurement
of fuel concentration in a liquid feed fuel cell,
Jiujun Zhang, Kevin M. Colbow, Alfred Wong, and
Bruce Lin, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,698,448 (20040302), Spill containment system
and method, Douglas Frazier, Expo Power Systems,
Inc.
U.S. 6,698,515 (20040302), In situ thermal processing
of a coal formation using a relatively slow heating
rate, John Michael Karanikas, Harold J. Vinegar,
Scott Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac,
Ilya Emil Berchenko, George Leo Stegemeier, Etuan
Zhang, Thomas David Fowler, and Robert Charles
Ryan, Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,699,021 (20040302), Passively pumped liquid
feed fuel cell system, George C. McNamee and William
P. Acker, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.
U.S. 6,699,080 (20040302), Snap terminal with
annular standoff, Larry J. Costa.
U.S. 6,699,297 (20040302), Method for preparing
lithium manganate and positive electrode for lithium
secondary cell containing the same, Tetsuya Yamawaki
and Hideki Sakai, Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,699,336 (20040302), Amorphous electrode
compositions, Robert L. Turner, Brian D. Fredericksen,
Larry J. Krause, Jeffrey R. Dahn, Dominique C.
Larcher, Ian A. Courtney, and Ou Mao, 3M Innovative
Properties Co.
U.S. 6,699,456 (20040302), Method for producing
lithium metal oxides, Horst Krampitz and Michael
Fooken, Honeywell International Inc.
U.S. 6,699,457 (20040302), Low-temperature hydrogen
production from oxygenated hydrocarbons, Randy
D. Cortright and James A. Dumesic, Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation.
U.S. 6,699,525 (20040302), Method of forming carbon
nanotubes and apparatus therefor, Ahalapitiya
H. Jayatissa, The Board of Trustees of Western
Michigan University.
U.S. 6,699,582 (20040302), Fine carbon fiber,
method for producing the same and electrically
conducting material comprising the fine carbon
fiber, Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura,
Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, and Motoo Yumura,
Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,699,593 (20040302), Corrosion-resistant
metallic member, metallic separator for fuel cell
comprising the same, and process for production
thereof, Yasushi Kaneta, Shinobu Takagi, Hiroaki
Yoshida, Yoshihisa Suzuki, and Masaki Shinkawa,
Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,699,608 (20040302), Method and apparatus
for humidifying a gas flow and to a method for
using such a device, Janusz Blaszczyk, Wolfram
Fleck, and Colin Keddie, Ballard Power Systems
AG (DE).
U.S. 6,699,609 (20040302), Fuel cell system, Yasunori
Kotani, Hikaru Okada, Nobutaka Nakajima, Seiji
Tonegawa, and Minoru Uoshima, Honda Giken Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,699,610 (20040302), Anode stream recirculation
system for a fuel cell, Jefferson YS Yang, Asia
Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 6,699,611 (20040302), Fuel cell having a
thermo-responsive polymer incorporated therein,
Gene Kim, Ronald J. Kelley, and Steven D, Pratt,
Motorola, Inc.
U.S. 6,699,612 (20040302), Fuel cell power plant
having a reduced free water volume, Richard D.
Breault and Leslie L. Van Dine, UTC Fuel Cells,
LLC.
U.S. 6,699,613 (20040302), Fuel cell having sealant
for sealing a solid polymer electrolyte membrane,
Masajiro Inoue, Nobuaki Kimura, Toshihiko Suenaga,
and Harumi Hatano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,699,614 (20040302), Converging/diverging
flow channels for fuel cell, Jeffrey Allan Rock,
General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,699,615 (20040302), Electrical battery,
Timofei Gutkin, I Zborovsky.
U.S. 6,699,616 (20040302), Battery housing for
medical scooter, Donald P. H. Wu, Donald P. H.
Wu (TW).
U.S. 6,699,617 (20040302), Alkaline storage battery,
hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode and method
for producing the same, Takashi Ebihara, Susumu
Kikuyama, Akiko Miyahara, Xianglong Wang, and
Kohji Yuasa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,699,618 (20040302), Cathode electroactive
material, production method therefor and secondary
cell, Takao Noda, Akihiko Shirakawa, Joseph Gaze,
Yoshiaki Yamauchi, and Fumiyoshi Ono, Showa Denko
KK (JP).
U.S. 6,699,619 (20040302), Negative electrode
of a lithium secondary battery with a two-layered
inorganic solid electrolytic material, Hirokazu
Kugai, Nobuhiro Ota, and Shosaku Yamanaka, Sumitomo
Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,699,620 (20040302), Lead alloy surface
coating for positive leadacid battery grids
and methods of use, Lu Zhang and John Lewis Ayres,
Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,699,621 (20040302), Method for electrochemical
conditioning polymeric electrodes, Theodore O.
Poehler, Peter Searson, Jeffrey G. Killian, Haripada
Sarker, Jennifer Giaccai, Yosef Gofer, and Walkiria
S. Schlindwein, Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. 6,699,622 (20040302), Solid or gel electrolyte
and battery using the same, Koichiro Kezuka and
Takahiro Endo, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,699,623 (20040302), High performance lithium
or lithium ion cell, Hongli Dai, E I du Pont de
Nemours and Co.
U.S. 6,699,998 (20040302), Non-aqueous electrolyte
and lithium secondary battery using the same,
Toshikazu Hamamoto, Koji Abe, Tsutomu Takai, and
Yasuo Matsumori, UBE Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,700,221 (20040302), Electronic unit and
method for detecting a polarity inversion of the
onboard power supply voltage in motor vehicles,
Armin Wagner, Christina Seidel, Christoph Luthe,
and HansUlrich Stahl, Bayerische Motoren
Werke Aktiengesellschaft (DE).
U.S. 6,700,349 (20040302), Power supply unit,
distributed power supply system and electric vehicle
loaded therewith, Akihiko Emori, Takuya Kinoshita,
and Hideki Miyazaki, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,700,350 (20040302), Method and apparatus
for controlling charge balance among cells while
charging a battery array, Jose Antonio Vieria
Formenti and Garry Ross Elder, Texas Instruments
Inc.
U.S. 6,700,351 (20040302), Modular uninterruptible
power supply battery management, Charles F. Blair,
Mark Gabel, Christopher Crawford, Dennis Weber,
John R. Birchmeier, and Brad Reinbolt, Liebert
Corp.
U.S. 6,700,352 (20040302), Dual capacitor/battery
charger, Stephen Elliott and Robert Mylott, Radiant
Power Corp.
U.S. 6,700,353 (20040302), Battery charging system
and vehicle generator control system, Tadatoshi
Asada, Denso Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,700,364 (20040302), Constant-current/constant-voltage
circuit architecture, Trevor W. Barcelo, Robert
L. Reay, and David M. Dwelley, Linear Technology
Corp.
U.S. 6,700,383 (20040302), Method of detecting
and resolving memory effect, Tadao Kimura, Masayoshi
Toyota, Norito Yamabe, and Yusai Murakami, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,702,621 (20040309), Battery connector with
dual compression terminals, Ryan Yeh, Hon Hai
Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 6,702,878 (20040309), Hydrogen-permeable
membrane, manufacturing method of the same, and
hydrogen gas separator using the same, Naoki Ito
and Masahiko Iijima, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,702,887 (20040309), Inhomogeneous silicas
for elastomer compounds, Stefan Uhrlandt, Ralf
Schmoll, Anke Blume, and Detlef Luginsland, Deguss
AG (DE).
U.S. 6,702,960 (20040309), Catalytic partial oxidation
with a rhodiumiridium alloy catalyst, David
Schaddenhorst and Ronald Jan Schoonebeek, Shell
Oil Co.
U.S. 6,702,961 (20040309), Preparation of lithium-containing
materials, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and
Jeffrey Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.
U.S. 6,702,963 (20040309), Method of producing
a polarizable electrode, Yukari Kibi, Takashi
Saito, Shinobu Takagi, and Takayoshi Shimizu,
NEC Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,702,965 (20040309), Method of forming a
porous composite product, in particular with a
high specific surface, JeanFrançois
Penneau, François Capitaine, and Philippe
Le Goff, Bollore (FR).
U.S. 6,702,970 (20040309), Process to reduce sticking
during surface treatment of graphite articles,
Jeremy H. Klug, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.
U.S. 6,702,991 (20040309), Apparatus and method
for reducing power consumption of a plasma fuel
reformer, Rudolf M. Smaling, Michael J. Daniel,
and Shawn D. Bauer, Arvin Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,703,068 (20040309), Amine oxide coating
compositions, Klaus Hintzer, Armin Steurer, Dieter
Birkhorst, James Michael Larson, Joseph William
Frisk, and Wayne Meredith Boand, 3M Innovative
Properties Co.
U.S. 6,703,076 (20040309), Production of catalyst
layers on diaphragms for low-temperature fuel
cells, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Frank Tietz, Hans Peter
Buchkremer, and Isabel Kundler, Forschungszentrum
Julich GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,703,149 (20040309), Method and apparatus
for producing reformed hydrocarbon and hydrogen,
engine installed with fuel cell, and energy station,
Masaya Kuno, Masaya Kuno (JP) and Ohkawara Kakohki
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,703,150 (20040309), Direct methanol feed
fuel cell and system, Subbarao Surampudi, Harvey
A. Frank, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, William Chun,
Barbara JeffriesNakamura, Andrew Kindler,
and Gerald Halpert, California Institute of Technology.
U.S. 6,703,151 (20040309), Compact precooler,
Ned E. Cipollini and Antonio M. Vincitore, UTC
Fuel Cells, LLC.
U.S. 6,703,152 (20040309), Method of operating
phosphoric acid fuel cell, Teruaki Komiya, Masaru
Iguchi, and Masahiro Ise, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,703,153 (20040309), Ceramic composite electrolytic
device, Esin Cubukcu, Steve Dahar, Ravi Dodeja,
Arnold Z. Gordon, Daniel Kalynchuk, Troy Shannon
Prince, Justin Soltesz, Mike Waite, and Sandeep
Chawla, IGR Enterprises.
U.S. 6,703,154 (20040309), Solid oxide fuel cell
compression bellows, Brian Gorbell and Craig Talbot,
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,703,155 (20040309), Power tap device, fuel
cell stack, and method of dividing a fuel cell
stack, John P. Scartozzi, Avista Laboratories,
Inc.
U.S. 6,703,156 (20040309), Fuel cell cathode utilizing
multiple redox couples, Stanford R. Ovshinsky,
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash
K. Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Texaco
Ovonic Fuel Cell, LLC
U.S. 6,703,157 (20040309), Cylindrical battery
and method for manufacturing the same, Yasuhiko
Shoji, Isao Kubo, Kenji Yamamoto, and Yuji Mototani,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,703,158 (20040309), Cylindrical storage
battery, Fujio Hirano, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co, Ltd (JP).
U.S. 6,703,159 (20040309), Electronic device battery
holder structure, TsungYao Wu, Inventec Appliances
Corp. (TW).
U.S. 6,703,160 (20040309), Battery pack or battery
providing increased heat dissipation, Yuan Gao,
FMC Corp.
U.S. 6,703,161 (20040309), Multilayer separator
for leadacid batteries, Jerry Zucker, Daramic,
Inc.
U.S. 6,703,162 (20040309), Battery and process
for examining battery, Hisashi Shiota, Hiroaki
Urushibata, Shinji Nakadeguchi, Masaharu Moriyasu,
Syoji Yoshioka, Hiroiti Ishida, and Kiyoshi Hanafusa,
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,703,163 (20040309), Lithium battery and
electrode, Shizuo Ogura, Hidehisa Mokudai, Makoto
Murata, and Barrie Linton Davies, Celanese Ventures
GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,703,164 (20040309), Hydrogen-absorbing
alloy, secondary battery, hybrid car and electromobile,
Hirotaka Hayashida, Masaaki Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Kitayama, Shusuke Inada, Isao Sakai, Tatsuoki
Kono, Hideki Yoshida, Takamichi Inaba, and Motoya
Kanda, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).
U.S. 6,703,165 (20040309), Nickel electrode for
alkaline storage battery, method of fabricating
the same, and alkaline storage battery, Yuki Morikawa,
Takeshi Ogasawara, Mitsunori Tokuda, and Mutsumi
Yano, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,703,166 (20040309), Negative active material
slurry composition for rechargeable lithium battery
and method of manufacturing negative electrode
using same, KyouYoon Sheem, SangYoung
Yoon, and SangJin Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
(KR).
U.S. 6,703,438 (20040309), Electroconductive plate-like
titania and electroconductive composition, Yukiya
Hareyama, Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,703,497 (20040309), Cellulose microfibrils
with modified surface, preparation method and
use thereof, Laurence Ladouce, Etienne Fleury,
Cecile Gousse, Robert Cantiani, Henri Chanzy,
and Gerard Excoffier, Rhodia Chimie (FR).
U.S. 6,703,719 (20040309), Systems and methods
for managing a battery source associated with
a microturbine power generating system, Robert
W. McConnell, General Electric Co.
U.S. 6,703,810 (20040309), Digital controlled
charge current regulator, Carlo Peschke, Dialog
Semiconductor GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,703,811 (20040309), Apparatus and method
for managing battery recharging and discharging
and recharging operations, Gwang Su Kim, LG Electronics
Inc (KR).
U.S. 6,704,192 (20040309), Electrically conductive,
freestanding microporous sheet for use in an ultracapacitor,
Richard W. Pekala, Amtek Research International
LLC.
U.S. 6,704,629 (20040309), Device for monitoring
motor vehicle’s electric power and method
therefor, YungSheng Huang, BPPower, Inc.
(TW).
U.S. 6,705,101 (20040316), Vehicle cooling system
for a temperature-raising device and method for
the cooling of a temperature-raising device, Friedrich
Brotz, Herbert Damsohn, Peter Geskes, Klaus Luz,
and Conrad Pfender, BEHR GmbH & Co. (DE).
U.S. 6,705,152 (20040316), Nanostructured ceramic
platform for micromachined devices and device
arrays, Dmitri Routkevitch, Peter Mardilovich,
Alex Govyadinov, Stephanie Hooker, and Stephen
S. Williams, NanoProducts Corp.
U.S. 6,705,392 (20040316), Heat exchanger, Takaharu
Gotou and Hiroyuki Yoshida, Nissan Motor Co.,
Ltd. (JP) and Calsonic Kansei Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,705,418 (20040316), Arrangement for providing
a compact battery with autonomous cooling, Bjorn
Wessman, Volvo Car Corp. (SE).
U.S. 6,706,080 (20040316), Non-aqueous electrolyte
cell and manufacturing method therefor, Sachio
Akahira, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,082 (20040316), Crystalline ceric oxide
sol and process for producing the same, Isao Ota,
Tohru Nishimura, and Kenji Tanimoto, Nissan Chemical
Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,097 (20040316), Molecular separator
apparatus, David A. Zornes, Hexablock, Inc.
U.S. 6,706,220 (20040316), Mixture consisting
of metal particles and/or alloy particles and
of a liquid electrolytic medium and method for
producing the same, Wolfgang Glaeser, GrilloWerke
AG (DE).
U.S. 6,706,239 (20040316), Method of co-forming
metal foam articles and the articles formed by
the method thereof, David P. Haack, ChiLi
Lin, and Michael Speckert, Porvair PLC (GB).
U.S. 6,706,247 (20040316), Self regulating formulations
for safe hydrogen gettering, Timothy Jon Shepodd,
Sandia National Laboratories.
U.S. 6,706,400 (20040316), Flexible graphite article
and method of manufacture, Robert Angelo Mercuri,
Joseph Paul Capp, Michael Lee Warddrip, and Thomas
William Weber, Advanced Energy Technologies Inc.
U.S. 6,706,429 (20040316), Catalytic humidifier
and heater, primarily for humidification of the
oxidant stream for a fuel cell, David Frank, Xuesong
Chen, Pierre Rivard, and Joe Cargnelli, Hydrogenics
Corp. (CA).
U.S. 6,706,430 (20040316), Electronic by-pass
of fuel cell cathode gas to combustor, William
S. Wheat, Derek S. Kilmer, Bruce J. Clingerman,
and Matthew K. Hortop, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,706,431 (20040316), Fuel cell, Naotake
Kawamura, Kazuhide Ota, and Ken K. Inouye, Fullerene
USA, Inc.
U.S. 6,706,432 (20040316), Methods and products
for improving performance of batteries/fuel cells,
Klaus Heinrich Oehr, Steven Splinter, Joey ChungYen
Jung, Elod Lajos Gyenge, and Colin W Oloman, Magpower
Systems, Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,706,433 (20040316), Refuelable electrochemical
power source capable of being maintained in a
substantially constant full condition and method
of using the same, Martin Pinto, Stuart Smedley,
and Jeffrey A. Colborn.
U.S. 6,706,434 (20040316), Fuel cell system, Tousaku
Takamura, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,435 (20040316), Fuel cell with polymer
electrolyte membrane, Hubertus Biegert, Peter
Britz, Arnold Lamm, Gabor Toth, and Peter Urban,
Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,706,436 (20040316), Electrochemical cell
design using a bipolar plate, Trent M. Molter,
Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
U.S. 6,706,437 (20040316), Bipolar plates for
fuel cell stacks, Victor Trapp, Markus Leib, Ruediger
Hengl, and Tetsu Yamamoto, SGL Carbon AG (DE).
U.S. 6,706,438 (20040316), Fluid supply device
for fuel cell, Katsumi Sahoda, Ryoichiro Takahashi,
Kuri Kasuya, and Kazunori Fukuma, Honda Giken
Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,706,439 (20040316), Pressure driven hermetically
sealed pump for fuel cell system, Manfred Herrmann,
General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,706,440 (20040316), Apparatus and method
for injecting liquid into container, Kiyohide
Takimoto and Yuichi Maekawa, NEC Mobile Energy
Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,441 (20040316), Paste-like masses for
electrochemical components, layers produced therefrom,
and electrochemical components, Peter Birke and
Gerold Neumann, FraunhoferGesellschaft zur
Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (DE).
U.S. 6,706,442 (20040316), Alkaline storage battery,
Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Hidekatsu Izumi, Yoichi Izumi,
and Yoshio Moriwaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,443 (20040316), Process for preparing
lithium manganese oxides, Horst Krampitz (DE)
and Gerhard Wohner (DE).
U.S. 6,706,444 (20040316), Process for preparing
lithium manganate in spinel structure, Koichi
Numata and Tsuneyoshi Kamada, Mitsui Mining &
Smelting Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,445 (20040316), Synthesis of lithiated
transition metal titanates for lithium cells,
Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey L.
Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.
U.S. 6,706,446 (20040316), Non-aqueous electrolytic
solution secondary battery, Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa
Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka, Kensuke Hironaka,
Takeshi Nakano, and Youshin Yagi, ShinKobe
Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,447 (20040316), Lithium metal dispersion
in secondary battery anodes, Yuan Gao and John
L. Burba III, FMC Corp.
U.S. 6,706,448 (20040316), Method and apparatus
for lithiating alloys, James L. Gole and Frank
P. Dudel, Georgia Tech Research Corp.
U.S. 6,706,449 (20040316), Lithium anodes for
electrochemical cells, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Christopher
J. Sheehan, and Terje A. Skotheim, Moltech Corp.
U.S. 6,706,450 (20040316), Separator for sealed
lead acid battery, Atsushi Asada, Nippon Sheet
Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,706,833 (20040316), Polymers incorporating
covalently attached organoimido polyoxometalates,
Eric A. Maatta and Aaron R. Moore, Kansas State
University Research Foundation.
U.S. 6,706,834 (20040316), Sulphonic fluorinated
ionomers, Ivan Wlassics and Vito Tortelli, Ausimont
SpA (IT).
U.S. 6,706,909 (20040316), Recycle of discharged
sodium borate fuel, Jonathan Snover and Ying Wu,
Millennium Cell, Inc and US Borax.
U.S. 6,707,271 (20040316), Power supply apparatus
with chargeable battery and charge/discharge method,
Seiya Kitagawa, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,707,272 (20040316), Pulse charging circuit
and method, Iilonga Thandiwe, Motorola, Inc.
U.S. 6,707,273 (20040316), Temperature/voltage
controlled battery charging circuit, Roy G. Gignac,
Electronic Design & Sales, Inc.
U.S. 6,707,274 (20040316), Optical battery recharger,
Lawrence J. Karr.
U.S. 6,707,303 (20040316), Electronic battery
tester, Kevin I. Bertness and Jamey Butteris,
Midtronics, Inc.
U.S. 6,707,660 (20040316), Prismatic capacitor,
David A. Evans and Ross Blakeney (CA).
U.S. 6,708,546 (20040323), Honeycomb hydrogen
storage structure with restrictive neck, Vitaliy
Myasnikov, Baoquan Huang, Rosa Young, and Stanford
R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.
U.S. 6,708,718 (20040323), High pressure gas supplying
system, Akira Yamada and Akifumi Otaka, Honda
Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,708,719 (20040323), Mounting structure
for high pressure gas vessels and mounting method,
Ryuichi Idoguchi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,708,753 (20040323), Method and apparatus
for casting straps onto storage battery plates,
Randall F. Brantley, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,708,758 (20040323), In situ thermal processing
of a coal formation leaving one or more selected
unprocessed areas, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac,
Harold J. Vinegar, Scott Lee Wellington, John
Michael Karanikas, Ilya Emil Berchenko, George
Leo Stegemeier, Kevin Albert Maher, Etuan Zhang,
Thomas David Fowler, and Robert Charles Ryan,
Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,709,264 (20040323), Catalytic combuster,
Ingo Hermann, Axel Junge, Martin Stadie, André
Mack Gardner, and Philip Klaus, General Motors
Corp.
U.S. 6,709,471 (20040323), Single layer carbon
nanotube electrode battery, Yoshiyuki Miyamoto,
NEC Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,497 (20040323), Honeycomb hydrogen
storage structure, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Baoquan
Huang, Rosa Young, and Stanford R . Ovshinsky,
Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.
U.S. 6,709,628 (20040323), Process for the production
of sintered ceramic oxide, Christoph Kleinlogel,
Martin Goedickemeier, and Ludwig Gauckler, Eidgenossische
Technische Hochschule Zurich Nichtmetallische
Werkstoffe (CH).
U.S. 6,709,777 (20040323), Performance recovery
process for PEM fuel cells, Patrick L. Hagans
and Gennady Resnick, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.
U.S. 6,709,778 (20040323), Electrochemical conversion
system, Lonnie G. Johnson, Johnson Electro Mechanical
Systems, LLC.
U.S. 6,709,779 (20040323), Cooling device for
fuel cell system and control method thereof, Tetsuo
Uozumi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,780 (20040323), System and method for
controlling steam in a fuel system with a fuel
processor, Donald H. Keskula, Bruce J. Clingerman,
Steven D. Burch, and Paul T. Yu, General Motors
Corp.
U.S. 6,709,781 (20040323), Separators for solid
polymer fuel cells and method for producing same,
and solid polymer fuel cells, Noriyuki Suzuki,
Yuichi Yoshida, Tsutomu Haeno, and Hiroshi Kihira,
Nippon Steel Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,782 (20040323), Fuel cell having an
anode protected from high oxygen ion concentration,
Kevin R. Keegan, Bernie Fischer, and Diane M.
England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,709,783 (20040323), Battery pack cooling
structure, Yoshiaki Ogata and Shinji Hamada, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,784 (20040323), Back-up battery for
a cellular telephone, Øivind Resch, Michael
Råberg, and Tore Lervik, Jumpit AS (NO).
U.S. 6,709,785 (20040323), Stacked electrochemical
cell and method for preparing the same, HyangMok
Lee, SoonHo Ahn, KyungJoon Kim, and
JaeHyun Lee, LG Chemical Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,709,786 (20040323), Cell module structure,
Satoru Asaka, Kenji Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Matsuoka,
Koichi Yamamoto, Osamu Hasegawa, and Mitsuru Ikeo,
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,709,787 (20040323), Polycarbon sulfide,
process for preparing the same and nonaqueous
electrolyte battery comprising the same, Jinbao
Zhao, Shoko Ibuki, Hideki Nishihama, and Ryo Nagai,
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,788 (20040323), Lithium secondary cell
and method of producing lithium nickel metal oxide
positive electrode therefor, Norikazu Hosokawa,
Hiroshi Ueshima, Kenichiro Kami, and Manabu Yamada,
Denso Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,709,789 (20040323), Non-aqueous electrochemical
cell, Gunther Hambitzer (DE), Bernd Kreidler (DE),
Ulrike Dorflinger (DE), Volker Doge (DE), and
Klaus Schorb (DE).
U.S. 6,710,098 (20040323), Methods for reforming
polymer surface for improved wettability, SangYoung
Lee, ByeongIn Ahn, HeonSik Song, and
MyungMan Kim, LG Chemical Ltd (KR).
U.S. 6,710,123 (20040323), Fluoropolymers containing
organo-silanes and methods of making the same,
Ramin AminSanayei and Claude Christophe Granel,
Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
U.S. 6,710,575 (20040323), Method for controlling
a charging state of a battery for an electric
vehicle, KilYoung Youn, Hyundai Motor Co.
(KR).
U.S. 6,710,576 (20040323), Auxiliary battery adapter
for cellular telephones, Ronald A Kaufman, Elizabeth
A. Bryant, and Due Quoc Huynh, Motorola, Inc.
U.S. 6,710,577 (20040323), Battery charger, King
Mo Shum, Jeckson Electric Co. Ltd. (HK).
U.S. 6,710,992 (20040323), Charge/discharge protection
circuit for a rechargeable battery, Axel Pannwitz,
Hans Martin von Staudt, and Achim Stellberger,
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,710,995 (20040323), Battery protection
by a sequential blowing fuse, Horst Knoedgen,
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,712,088 (20040330), Pilot-type channel
valves providing counter-flow prevention, Masaru
Gamou, Syoichi Hagiwara, and Takeshi Yamamoto,
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,712,135 (20040330), In situ thermal processing
of a coal formation in reducing environment, Scott
Lee Wellington, Harold J. Vinegar, Eric Pierre
de Rouffignac, John Michael Karanikas, Ilya Emil
Berchenko, George Leo Stegemeier, Etuan Zhang,
Thomas David Fowler, and Robert Charles Ryan,
Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,712,136 (20040330), In situ thermal processing
of a hydrocarbon containing formation using a
selected production well spacing, Eric Pierre
de Rouffignac, Harold J. Vinegar, Scott Lee Wellington,
Gordon Thomas Shahin Jr., Ilya Emil Berchenko,
George Leo Stegemeier, Kevin Albert Maher, Etuan
Zhang, Thomas David Fowler, and Robert Charles
Ryan, Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,712,137 (20040330), In situ thermal processing
of a coal formation to pyrolyze a selected percentage
of hydrocarbon material, Harold J. Vinegar, Scott
Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, John
Michael Karanikas, Ilya Emil Berchenko, George
Leo Stegemeier, Etuan Zhang, Thomas David Fowler,
and Robert Charles Ryan, Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,712,603 (20040330), Multiple port catalytic
combustion device and method of operating same,
William H. Pettit, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,712,643 (20040330), Electronic equipment,
Shinji Suzuki, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,712,923 (20040330), Manufacturing apparatus
and manufacturing method of solid polymer film
with catalyst deposited thereon, Katsuhisa Tanaka,
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,712,944 (20040330), Gas/liquid phase separator
for electrolysis cell, Robert H. Byron Jr. and
Michael J. Brown, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
U.S. 6,713,011 (20040330), Apparatus and methods
for electrospinning polymeric fibers and membranes,
Benjamin Chu, Benjamin S. Hsiao, and Dufei Fang,
The Research Foundation at State University of
New York.
U.S. 6,713,020 (20040330), Device and method for
evaluating performance of fuel cells, device and
method for evaluating specific surface area of
fuel-cell electrode catalysts, fuel-cell electrode
catalyst, and method of manufacturing the same,
Hisao Kato, Tatsuya Kawahara, and Toshiaki Ozaki,
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,713,032 (20040330), Catalyst for removing
carbon monoxide in hydrogen rich gas and production
method therefor, Manabu Mizobuchi, Kensaku Kinugawa,
Noboru Hashimoto, Akira Igarashi, and Hajime Iida,
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (JP) and Akira
Igarashi (JP).
U.S. 6,713,034 (20040330), Porous carbon electrode
material, method for manufacturing the same, and
carbon fiber paper, Makoto Nakamura, Yoshihiko
Hosako, Hidehiko Ohashi, Mitsuo Hamada, and Kazushige
Mihara, Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,039 (20040330), Lithium-manganese oxide
for use in lithium secondary cell cathode and
method for producing the lithium-manganese oxide,
Hiroyuki Tabata, Kazue Matsui, and Noriko Anan,
Kyushu Ceramics Industry Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,040 (20040330), Method for generating
hydrogen for fuel cells, Shabbir Ahmed, Sheldon
H. D. Lee, John David Carter, and Michael Krumpelt,
Argonne National Laboratory.
U.S. 6,713,176 (20040330), Processing and manufacturing
methods enabled using non-stoichiometric nanomaterials,
Tapesh Yadav, Ming Au, Bijan Miremadi, John Freim,
Yuval Avniel, Roger Dirstine, John Alexander,
and Evan Franke, NanoProducts Corp.
U.S. 6,713,201 (20040330), Systems including replaceable
fuel cell apparatus and methods of using replaceable
fuel cell apparatus, Michael L. Bullock and Winthrop
D. Childers, HewlettPackard Development Co.,
LP.
U.S. 6,713,202 (20040330), Multifuel fuel cell
system and a method for its operation, Marcel
Corneille, Martina Fischer, Berthold Keppeler,
Christian Lorenz, Stefan Paulik, and Bernd Schonrock,
Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).
U.S. 6,713,203 (20040330), Fuel cell, Shuji Sato
and Koji Okazaki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,713,204 (20040330), Fuel cell system, Hiroshi
Shimanuki, Yoshio Kusano, Toshikatsu Katagiri,
and Motohiro Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,713,205 (20040330), Sealing material for
solid polymer fuel cell separator, Noriyuki Meguriya
and Yujiro Taira, ShinEtsu Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,206 (20040330), Electrochemical cells
comprising laminar flow induced dynamic conducting
interfaces, electronic devices comprising such
cells, and methods employing same, Larry J. Markoski,
Jeffrey S. Moore, and Joseph W. Lyding, Board
of Trustees of University of Illinois.
U.S. 6,713,207 (20040330), Membrane electrode
assembly, and solid polymer fuel cell using the
assembly, Kyoko Tsusaka, Masaya Kawasumi, and
Yu Morimoto, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
(JP).
U.S. 6,713,208 (20040330), Vent valve and a storage
cell including it, Stephane Payen and Alain Raymond,
Alcatel (FR).
U.S. 6,713,209 (20040330), Arrangement for implementing
a safety feature in a battery, Matti Naskali,
Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd. (FI).
U.S. 6,713,210 (20040330), Secondary cell protection
circuit device and secondary cell assembly, Takashi
Sato, Naofumi Miyasaka, and Takashi Hasunuma,
Tyco Electronics Raychem KK (JP).
U.S. 6,713,211 (20040330), Square shaped battery,
Nobuyasu Morishita, Shinichi Yuasa, Akihiro Taniguchi,
and Munehisa Ikoma, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
(JP).
U.S. 6,713,212 (20040330), High-energy, rechargeable
electrochemical cells, Doron Aurbach, Orit Chasid,
Yossi Gofer, and Chaiim Gizbar, BarIlan University
(IL).
U.S. 6,713,213 (20040330), Non-aqueous electrolyte
secondary battery with an organic magnesium electrolyte
compound, Shuji Ito, Osamu Yamamoto, Teruhisa
Kanbara, and Hiromu Matsuda, Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,214 (20040330), Positive electrode
active material for secondary battery and secondary
battery, Hideyuki Koga, Masahisa Fujimoto, and
Shin Fujitani, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,215 (20040330), Non-aqueous electrolyte
rechargeable batteries, Shunji Watanabe, Toyoo
Harada, Yoshimi Kanno, Shinichi Takasugi, Tsugio
Sakai, Hideharu Onodera, and Tsuneaki Tamachi,
SII Micro Parts Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,216 (20040330), Thin alkali metal film
member and method of producing the same, Hirokazu
Kugai, Nobuhiro Ota, and Shosaku Yamanaka, Sumitomo
Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,217 (20040330), Nonaqueous electrolyte
secondary battery with a polyolefin microporous
membrane separator, Takafumi Oura, Masaki Kitagawa,
Hajime Nishino, and Hizuru Koshina, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,713,424 (20040330), Method of making fluid
diffusion layers and electrodes having reduced
surface roughness, Jurgen Stumper, John Robert
Gordon, Herwig Robert Haas, and Kelvin KeenVen
Fong, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,713,567 (20040330), Method for forming
fluorinated ionomers, Paul Gregory Bekiarian and
William Brown Farnham, E I du Pont de Nemours
and Co.
U.S. 6,713,987 (20040330), Rechargeable battery
having permeable anode current collector, Victor
Krasnov, KaiWei Nieh, FanHsiu Chang,
and ChunTing Lin, Front Edge Technology,
Inc.
U.S. 6,713,988 (20040330), Selectively activated
electrochemical cell system, Donald Dubac, Michael
Glover, and Haresh P. Kameth, Vionyx, Inc.
U.S. 6,714,391 (20040330), Ultracapacitor energy
storage cell pack and methods of assembling and
cooling the same, Michael D. Wilk and Kevin T.
Stone, ISE Research Corp.
U.S. 6,714,402 (20040330), Microfabricated electrochemical
device separators, Hundi P. Kamath, Cooper Technologies
Co.
U.S. 6,714,882 (20040330), Second battery control
circuit, Yoshinori Iwaizono, Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
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