U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Compiled by Eddie T. Seo

Official Gazette, Volume 1285 (August 2004)



U.S. 6,769,281 (20040803), Method and apparatus of producing a columnar member container, Tohru Irie and Masashi Ota, Sango Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,769,503 (20040803), Battery compartment for a motorized wheel chair, Ming­Chuan Cheng, Merits Health Products Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,770,106 (20040803), Partial oxidation reformer, Yasunori Okamoto, Nobuki Matsui, Shuji Ikegami, Kazuo Yonemoto, Eisaku Okubo, and Isao Ohgami, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,175 (20040803), Apparatus for and method of forming electrode for lithium secondary cell, Yoichi Domoto, Hisaki Tarui, and Hiromasa Yagi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,176 (20040803), Apparatus and method for fracture absorption layer, Martin H. Benson and Bernd J. Neudecker, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,187 (20040803), Method for electrochemically producing an alkali metal from an aqueous solution, Hermann Putter, Gunther Huber, Kerstin Schierle­Arndt, Dieter Schlafer, and Josef Guth, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,770,226 (20040803), Fine powders for use in primary and secondary batteries, Mark J. Hampden­Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, James Caruso, and Quint H. Powell, Superior MicroPowders.

U.S. 6,770,353 (20040803), Co-deposited films with nano-columnar structures and formation process, Peter Mardilovich, Alexander Govyadinov, David Neiman, Gregory S. Herman, David Champion, and James O’Neil, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,770,362 (20040803), High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications, Takayoshi Okano, Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,770,363 (20040803), High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications, Takuya Konishi, Yasuo Ohta, and Godo Sakamoto, Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,770,390 (20040803), Carbon monoxide/water removal from fuel cell feed gas, Timothy Christopher Golden and Edward Landis Weist Jr., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,391 (20040803), Hydrogen sensor for fuel processors of a fuel cell, Patricia J. Nelson and Manish Sinha, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,770,392 (20040803), Ceria based solid electrolytes, Raymond Ashton Cutler and Robin Edward Richards, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,393 (20040803), Proton conducting polymer, method for producing the same, solid polymer electrolyte and electrode, Hiroshi Akita, Masao Ichikawa, Masaru Iguchi, and Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,770,394 (20040803), Fuel cell with monolithic flow field-bipolar plate assembly and method for making and cooling a fuel cell stack, A. John Appleby and Serguey Gamburzev, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 6,770,395 (20040803), Internally manifolded, planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack with an inexpensive interconnect, Anil Vasudeo Virkar, David W. Prouse, Paul C. Smith, and Guang­Young Lin, Materials and Systems Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,396 (20040803), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuhito Hatoh, Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo Ohara, Susumu Kobayashi, Tatsuto Yamazaki, Masayo Sugou, Nobuhiro Hase, and Shinsuke Takeguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,397 (20040803), Binder composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrodes and use thereof, Kouichirou Maeda, Masahiro Yamakawa, Katsuya Nakamura, and Fumio Takano, Zeon Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,398 (20040803), Potassium stabilized manganese dioxide for lithium rechargeable batteries, Terrill B. Atwater and Alvin J. Salkind, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,770,399 (20040803), Composite material for anode of lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery, Tatsuo Umeno, Kenji Fukuda, Tadanori Tsunawaki, and Youichiro Hara, Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,400 (20040803), Negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing the same, Shuji Tsutsumi, Masaki Hasegawa, Shinji Kasamatsu, Yoshiaki Nitta, and Miho Kayama, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,401 (20040803), Battery separator containing efficiency improving additives, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,770,773 (20040803), Organic acid­Fe­OOH (ferroxane) particles and ferroxane-derived ceramics and ceramic membranes, Jerome Rose, Mark Wiesner, and Andrew Barron, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 6,771,041 (20040803), Cell voltage measuring device for fuel cell, Masahiko Sato, Hideaki Kikuchi, Toshiaki Ariyoshi, and Yosuke Fujii, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,771,042 (20040803), Method and apparatus for implementing smart management of a rechargeable battery, Huei­Chiu Chen and Wen­Wei Lin, Avid Electronics Corp. (TW).

U.S. 6,771,045 (20040803), Systems and methods for battery charging and equalization, Jesse P. Keller, ISE Corp.

U.S. 6,771,046 (20040803), Method and system for controlling charging of batteries, Kyoichi Ariga and Takashi Sone, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,771,047 (20040803), Automatic battery discharging and charging technique to increase battery life, Brian D, Ogonowsky.

U.S. 6,771,048 (20040803), Battery state monitoring circuit, Yasunori Aikawa and Atsushi Sakurai, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,771,049 (20040803), Secondary battery protection circuit having a clamping circuit including a comparator and a transistor, Osamu Kawagoe and Yukihiro Terada, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,771,050 (20040803), Battery charger having a plurality of channels, Takahiro Yamashita, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,771,051 (20040803), Thermally limited battery protection and charging circuit, John W. Oglesbee, John E. Herrmann, Michael D. Geren, David M. Demuro, and Roger L. Boyer, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,771,486 (20040803), Storage cell for surface mounting, Koichi Morikawa, Masashige Ashizaki, Hideki Imai, and Masayuki Shinjou, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,771,491 (20040803), Battery pack, Masaaki Tojo and Takatoshi Matsui, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,772,489 (20040810), Collector for alkaline secondary battery, method for making the same, and alkaline secondary battery using the same, Hiroyuki Imai, Kaori Yoshida, Toshiaki Takase, and Kazuya Satou, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP) and Japan Vilene Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,772,501 (20040810), Apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of thin-film electrochemical devices, William G. Barker, Brian S. Berland, Michael Schwartz, Lin Simpson, and Joseph Armstrong, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,772,603 (20040810), Methods and apparatus for thermal management of vehicle systems and components, John Sheungchun Hsu, Donald Joe Adams, Gui­Jia Su, Laura D. Marlino, Curtis W. Ayers, and Chester Coomer, UT­Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 6,772,617 (20040810), Method and apparatus for in-situ leveling of progressively formed sheet metal, Jeffrey Peter Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S. 6,773,301 (20040810), Cell strap for combining cells into a battery, Jeffrey R. Chaskin.

U.S. 6,773,310 (20040810), Battery terminal connection with quick-release lever, Greg Davis.

U.S. 6,773,466 (20040810), Method for producing an electric double layer capacitor, Kazuya Hiratsuka, Takeshi Kawasato, and Naoki Yoshida, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,468 (20040810), Method of making electrochemical capacitor using a printable composition, Joel Lang, Cellergy Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,773,470 (20040810), Suspensions for use as fuel for electrochemical fuel cells, Gennadi Finkelshtain, Yuri Katzman, Nikolai Fishelson, and Zina Lurie, More Energy Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,773,472 (20040810), Gas reformer for recovery of hydrogen, Manabu Oku, Kouichi Kawatani, Takeshi Utsunomiya, and Tsutomu Seki, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. (JP) and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,633 (20040810), Process for producing an electrode with positive temperature coefficient (PTC) function, Makiko Kise, Shoji Yoshioka, Jun Aragane, Hiroaki Urushibata, Hisashi Shiota, Hideo Horibe, Shigeru Aihara, and Daigo Takemura, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,773,634 (20040810), Conductive polymer composition and PTC element, Yasumasa Iwamoto, Tadatoshi Aridomi, and Yoichi Okubo, UBE Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,667 (20040810), Hydrogen-occluding alloy and process for producing the same, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, and Shingo Kikugawa, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,684 (20040810), Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage, Roger R. Lesieur, Ned E .Cipollini, and Thomas F. Fuller, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,773,689 (20040810), Carbon media for storage of hydrogen, Steinar Lynum, Jan Hugdahl, Ketil Hox, and Ragne Hildrum, Kvaerner Technology Research Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,773,692 (20040810), Method of production of pure hydrogen near room temperature from aluminum-based hydride materials, Vitalij K. Pecharsky and Viktor P. Balema, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,758 (20040810), Primer composition and bonding method, Yoshimichi Yamanaka, Kaneka Corp (JP).

U.S. 6,773,825 (20040810), Porous articles and method for the manufacture thereof, Gary R. Pickrell, Kenneth R. Butcher, and Chi Li Lin, Porvair Corp.

U.S. 6,773,837 (20040810), Fuel cell system, Mitsuru Kai and Kouji Kurosaki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,773,838 (20040810), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and negative electrode for the same, Kohei Suzuki, Kazunori Kubota, Motoi Kawamura, Akira Kuroda, Masao Fukunaga, and Tsumoru Ohata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,839 (20040810), Fuel cell power systems and methods of controlling a fuel cell power system, William A. Fuglevand, Shiblihanna I Bayyuk, Greg Lloyd, Peter D. Devries, David R. Lott, and John P. Scartozzi, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,840 (20040810), Configuration enabling rapid fuel cell power from sub-freezing initial condition, Harold T. Couch and Frederick Sribnik, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,773,841 (20040810), Fuel cell having insulated coolant manifold, Pinkhas A. Rapaport and John P. Healy, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,773,842 (20040810), Metal­air battery with an extended service life, Jean Liu and Wayne Huang, Nanotek Instruments, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,843 (20040810), Portable fuel cell stack, Koji Kitagawa, Eiji Kato, Yukio Naruse, Takashi Inaba, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,844 (20040810), Proton conductive film and fuel cell using the same, Yoshihiko Nakano and Shuzi Hayase, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,773,845 (20040810), Fluid distribution surface for solid oxide fuel cells, Kevin R. Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,846 (20040810), Mobile rack type battery box for UPS system, Jake Chen and Johnny Lin, Allis Electric Co., Ltd. (TW), Jake Chen (TW), and Johnny Lin (TW).

U.S. 6,773,847 (20040810), Battery, Shigeo Komatsu, Yasushi Harada, and Masaaki Nishida, GS­Melcotec Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,848 (20040810), Arrangement of electrochemical cells and circuit board, Uffe Nortoft, Michael Thorby Jorgensen, and Ole Stig Nissen, Danionics A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,773,849 (20040810), Battery set and method for producing electric power output, Takanori Itoh and Yuji Tanjo, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,850 (20040810), Shock-absorbing structure of battery cover, Satoshi Saito and Tomohiro Ikeda, Yazaki Corp (JP).

U.S. 6,773,851 (20040810), Synthesis of LiMn¢Oª using lithium permanganate precursor, William A. Ferrando, William P. Kilroy, and Steven Dallek, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,773,852 (20040810), Lithium composition oxide as positive active material for lithium secondary batteries, Jae­Phil Cho, Geun­Bae Kim, Yong­Chul Park, and Sung­Soo Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,774,150 (20040810), Partially fluorinated copolymer based on trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound and ionic conductive polymer membrane formed therefrom, Hae­Kyoung Kim, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,774,170 (20040810), Polyolefin articles with long-term elevated temperature stability, Joseph R. Webster, Clariant Finance (BVI) Ltd. (VG).

U.S. 6,774,602 (20040810), Apparatus and method for providing temporary power, Gary L. Ballard and Dell Albert Crouch Jr., Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,774,603 (20040810), Multi-function charger, Sheng Hsin Liao (TW).

U.S. 6,774,605 (20040810), Battery pack charging device, Yutaka Usui and Michihito Kobayashi, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,774,606 (20040810), Charge control circuit and method for charging multiple battery cells, John C. Hall and Stanley Canter, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 6,774,607 (20040810), Charger connected to a load via a switching circuit to prevent an incorrect polarity connection, Josef Moseneder and Andreas Trinkl, Fronius International GmbH (AT).

U.S. 6,774,636 (20040810), Method and apparatus for determining the state of charge of a lithium-ion battery, James V. Guiheen, Harmohan Singh, and Thirumalai G. Palanisamy, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 6,774,637 (20040810), Method of qualifying at least a portion of a fuel cell system and an apparatus employing same, Ryan Hallum, Yaobang Wu, Chris Comi, Prathap Haridoss, and Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,776,592 (20040817), Scroll type compressor, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Kazuho Sato, Tsutomu Nasuda, and Hisao Hamasaki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,776,650 (20040817), Waterproof and heat-dissipating structure of electronic apparatus, Bruce C. H. Cheng, Chun­Chen Chen, Jui­Yuan Hsu, and Lien­Jin Chiang, Delta Electronics, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 6,776,669 (20040817), Battery clamp and battery, Jens Krause and Ludger Leve, Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,776,807 (20040817), Method of manufacturing a battery, Masayuki Shida, Sachio Akahira, Takanobu Yoshino, Kazuhiro Imaizumi, and Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,776,809 (20040817), Fuel reforming apparatus, Takashi Shimazu, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,776,823 (20040817), Gas/liquid separating devices, Akihisa Hotta, Koichi Suda, and Kiyoshi Yoshizumi, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,776,956 (20040817), Steel for separators of solid-oxide type fuel cells, Toshihiro Uehara, Akihiro Toji, and Takehiro Ohno, Hitachi Metals Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,115 (20040817), Battery-boosted, rapid startup of frozen fuel cell, Carl A. Reiser, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,777,116 (20040817), Direct dimethyl ether fuel cells, Jens Muller, Peter Urban, Regina Wezel, Kevin M Colbow, and Jiujun Zhang, Ballard Power Systems Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,777,117 (20040817), Catalysts for water gas shift reaction, method for removing carbon monoxide in hydrogen gas and electric power-generating system of fuel cell, Akira Igarashi, Hirokazu Higashi, Manabu Mizobuchi, Noboru Hashimoto, and Kensaku Kinugawa, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,118 (20040817), Power supply system, fuel pack constituting the system, and device driven by power generator and power supply system, Masaharu Shioya, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP).

U.S. 6,777,119 (20040817), Actively-cooled water recovery in fuel cell power plants, Michael S. Demissie, Leslie L. Van Dine, and Margaret M. Steinbugler, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,777,120 (20040817), Relative humidity sensor with compensation for changes in pressure and gas composition, Patricia J. Nelson, Jameson R. Forte, and Eric L. Thompson, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,777,121 (20040817), Fuel cell system and gas/liquid separation method for the same, Hiroshi Shimanuki and Toshikatsu Katagiri, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,122 (20040817), Vaporizer temperature control in fuel cell power plant, Masaru Okamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,123 (20040817), Combustor temperature control of fuel cell power plant, Masaru Okamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,124 (20040817), Back pressure control apparatus for fuel cell system, Mitsuru Kai and Tomoki Kobayashi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,125 (20040817), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovhsinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,777,126 (20040817), Fuel cell bipolar separator plate and current collector assembly and method of manufacture, Jeffrey P. Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S. 6,777,127 (20040817), Systems, apparatus and methods for bonding and/or sealing electrochemical cell elements and assemblies, Johann Einhart, Stefan Reiff, Rudolf F Bindel, Hubert Ryssel, Christopher Todd Kirby, Francisco Enrique Rivera Diaz, and Michael Medina, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,777,128 (20040817), Secondary battery and fabrication method thereof, Hyun­Joong Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,777,129 (20040817), Alkaline storage battery, Katsunori Komori, Naoto Sato, Akihiro Taniguchi, Munehisa Ikoma, Yasuhiro Takahashi, and Takashi Ito, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Tokyo Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,130 (20040817), Square battery, Hideki Kasahara, Masumi Katsumoto, Masaharu Miyahisa, and Yoshihiro Boki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,131 (20040817), Negative plate for a lead acid battery containing efficiency improving additives, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,777,132 (20040817), Alkali/transition metal halo- and hydroxy-phosphates and related electrode active materials, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey L. Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,777,133 (20040817), Proton conductor, production method thereof, and electrochemical device using the same, Koichiro Hinokuma, Bjorn Pietzak, Constance Gertrud Rost, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,134 (20040817), Negative electrode for rechargeable battery, Mitsuhiro Mori, Hironori Yamamoto, Koji Utsugi, Jiro Iriyama, Tamaki Miura, and Mariko Miyachi, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,135 (20040817), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Mikio Okada and Hideo Yasuda, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,136 (20040817), Lithium polymer battery and method for producing the same, Kenichi Morigaki, Norishige Nanai, and Yasuyuki Shibano, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,353 (20040817), Process for producing oxide thin films, Matti Putkonen, ASM Microchemistry Oy (FI).

U.S. 6,777,515 (20040817), Functional fluorine-containing polymers and ionomers derived therefrom, Paul Gregory Bekiarian and William Brown Farnham, EI du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,777,516 (20040817), Substrates carrying polymers of linked sandwich coordination compounds and methods of use thereof, Junzhong Li, Dorota Gryko, and Jonathan S. Lindsey, North Carolina State University.

U.S. 6,777,524 (20040817), Polyether polyurethane, Atsushi Shimizu, Mutsuhisa Furukawa, Kiyoo Kato, and Yoshiyuki Asahina, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,727 (20040817), Flexural plate wave systems, Gregory J. Dunn, Allyson Beuhler, and David Penunuri, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,777,908 (20040817), Method and apparatus for correcting and maintaining voltage balance in multiple cell battery configurations, Richard E. Thorne and William Von Novak, Qualcomm Inc.

U.S. 6,777,909 (20040817), Device for generating electric energy in a motor vehicle by means of a fuel cell and method for operating such a device, Markus Aberle and Josef Sonntag, Ballard Power System AG (DE).

U.S. 6,777,910 (20040817), Rechargeable battery packs, David Small, Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC.

U.S. 6,777,913 (20040817), Apparatus and method for shortening a charging time of a multi-battery, Dong Jun You, LG Electronics Inc. (KR).

U.S. 6,777,914 (20040817), Method for determining the state of charge of rechargeable batteries by integration of the amounts of current flowing during charging and discharging, Matthias Ullrich, Hans­Walter Folge, and Claus Schmitz, Varta Automotive Systems GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,777,915 (20040817), Charger, battery pack, and charging system using the charger and battery pack, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Junichi Shinbara, and Masakage Komori, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,916 (20040817), Multistage storage system for intermittent or unstable voltages, Tai­her Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,777,917 (20040817), Supercapacitor balancing method and system, Philippe Desprez, Gerard Barrailh, Pascal Lavaur, Stephane Rael, Fadi Sharif, and Bernard Davat, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,777,944 (20040817), System for measuring battery current for electric vehicle, Jin­Gon Kim and Sun­Soon Park, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR).

U.S. 6,777,945 (20040817), Handheld tester for starting/charging systems, Robert A Roberts, Matthew H. Koran, and Hamid Namaky, Actron Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 6,777,946 (20040817), Cell buffer with built-in test, William E Ott, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 6,778,379 (20040817), Granules for electrode, method for manufacturing thereof, electrode sheet, polarizable electrode and electric double-layer capacitor, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, and Kenichi Murakami, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,778,913 (20040817), Multiple model systems and methods for testing electrochemical systems, Joern Tinnemeyer, Cadex Electronics Inc.

U.S. 6,779,351 (20040824), Fuel cell systems with evaporative cooling and methods for humidifying and adjusting the temperature of the reactant streams, Valeriy Maisotsenko, Leland E Gillan, Timothy L. Heaton, and Alan D. Gillan, Idalex Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,779,568 (20040824), Gas distribution system,

Joachim George Borck, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,780,066 (20040824), Arc discharge preventing device, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Tamai, and Takashi Gohara, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,207 (20040824), Method for manufacturing a lithium polymer secondary battery, Seung Woo Han, Young Jae Kim, Joo Hak Lee, Jong Cheon Kim, Suk Ho Jin, and Kab Youl Lee, Saehan Enertech Inc. (KR).

U.S. 6,780,208 (20040824), Method of making printed battery structures, Glen A Hopkins, Winthrop D. Childers, and Howard A Doumaux, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,780,227 (20040824), Method of species exchange and an apparatus therefore, Ronald Arthur DuBose, Craig Hanson, Peter J. Fehl, and Robert Matus, Emprise Technology Associates Corp.

U.S. 6,780,347 (20040824), Manganese oxide based electrode for alkaline electrochemical system and method of its production, Ernest Ndzebet, Rayovac Corp.

U.S. 6,780,350 (20040824), Metal­carbon composite powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden­Smith, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, and Quint H. Powell, Superior Micropowders LLC.

U.S. 6,780,386 (20040824), Carbon monoxide oxidation catalyst, and method for production of hydrogen-containing gas, Tetsuya Fukunaga, Kozo Takatsu, Masatoshi Shibata, Satoshi Hachiya, and Hiroyuki Endo, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,388 (20040824), Electrically conducting fine carbon composite powder, catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel battery and fuel battery, Tsutomu Masuko and Yoichi Nanba, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 6,780,533 (20040824), Fuel cell having interdigitated flow channels and water transport plates, Jung S. Yi and Jonathan Puhalski, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,780,534 (20040824), Filter assembly for intake air of fuel cell, Elvind Stenersen, William Michael Nyman, and Richard Thomas Canepa, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,780,535 (20040824), Polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition, Noriyuki Meguriya and Yujiro Taira, Shin­Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,536 (20040824), Flow field, Mark Kevitt Debe and Thomas Herdtle, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,780,537 (20040824), Polymeric membrane electrochemical cell operating at temperatures above 100C, Vincenzo Antonucci and Antonino Aricò, De Nora SpA (FR).

U.S. 6,780,538 (20040824), Battery module, and rechargeable battery for constituting the battery module, Shinji Hamada, Hiroshi Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Nobuyasu Morishita, Noriyuki Fujioka, Munehisa Ikoma, and Yoshiaki Ogata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,780,539 (20040824), Alkaline battery with flat housing, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Robert S. Ferrin, and Derek R. Bobowick, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,780,540 (20040824), Element sleeve for a battery, Roderick L. Hoffman, Rex W. Holliday, and Jason E. Connell, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,780,541 (20040824), Carbon electrode coated with porous metal film, its fabrication method and lithium secondary battery using the same, Kyung­Suk Yun, Byung­Won Cho, Won­Il Cho, Hyung­Sun Kim, Un­Seok Kim, Sang­Cheol Nam, and Young­Soo Yoon, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,780,542 (20040824), Lithium oxyhalide cell with improved safety and voltage delay characteristics, David M. Spillman and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd..

U.S. 6,780,543 (20040824), Aluminum or aluminum alloy-based lithium secondary battery, Seiji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, and Maruo Kamino, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,544 (20040824), Polymeric gel electrolyte and lithium battery employing the same, Hyung­gon Noh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,780,545 (20040824), Method for manufacturing galvanic elements having a liquid organic electrolyte, Fatima Birke­Salam, Peter Birke, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, and Dejan Illic, Varta Microbattery GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,780,935 (20040824), Fluoropolymer resins containing ionic or ionizable groups and products containing the same, Lotfi Hedhli and Laurent Billon, Atofina Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,781,343 (20040824), Hybrid power supply device, Atsushi Demachi, Yasuhisa Saito, Toratsugu Kuwahara, Teruyuki Oka, Satoshi Tabuchi, Toshiyuki Kubo, Ken Onuma, and Hiroki Tahira, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,781,344 (20040824), Battery tester and sorting apparatus, Erik W. Hedegor, Randy L. Oliver, and Shingo Sawahara, Fuji Photo Film, Inc.

U.S. 6,781,345 (20040824), Battery module, Osamu Shimamura and Hideaki Horie, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,781,346 (20040824), Charging unit for a contactless transfer of electric power as well as a power absorbing device and a charging system, Arno Reinhard and Ralf gen.Berghegger Schroeder, Friwo Geraetebau GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,781,347 (20040824), Apparatus and method for stabilizing a charge circuit when a connection between a battery cell and the charge circuit is interrupted, Gregory J. Smith, National Semiconductor Corp.

U.S. 6,781,348 (20040824), Method of charging a storage battery, Yutaka Yokohama, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,781,349 (20040824), Battery power source device, Kenji Kimura, Seiichi Uemoto, and Takabumi Fujii, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,781,382 (20040824), Electronic battery tester, Frederick M. Johnson, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,781,389 (20040824), Conductivity sensor for detecting conductivity of a fluid, Alex David Colvin and Joseph C. Cassatta, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,781,817 (20040824), Fringe-field capacitor electrode for electrochemical device, Marc D. Andelman, Biosource, Inc.

U.S. 6,782,290 (20040824), Implantable medical device with rechargeable thin-film microbattery power source, Craig Schmidt, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,782,914 (20040831), Gaseous fuel discharging structure for vehicle, Yozo Kami, Tohru Ono, and Yoshihiro Shimizu, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,783,338 (20040831), Scroll type compressor having tip seals and a scroll coating layer, Takahiro Moroi, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Masato Sowa, and Takayuki Hirano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,783,390 (20040831), Apparatus for preventing reverse polarity contact between a standard dry cell battery terminal and a battery compartment contact, Thomas E. Berg and Gerod Melton, Hewlett­Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,783,404 (20040831), Apparatus for coupling a jumper cable to a battery terminal, Mohammed Ahmad Shammout.

U.S. 6,783,632 (20040831), Process for efficient microwave hydrogen production, Chang Yul Cha.

U.S. 6,783,702 (20040831), Polyvinylidene fluoride composites and methods for preparing same, Chunming Niu, Lein Ngaw, Alan Fischer, and Robert Hoch, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,741 (20040831), Fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,783,742 (20040831), Reactor for producing hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels, Jeffrey M. Bentley, William L. Mitchell, Lawrence G. Clawson, and James C. Cross III, Nuvera Fuel Cells.

U.S. 6,783,747 (20040831), Graphite carbon powder, and method and apparatus for producing the same, Akinori Sudo, Chiaki Sotowa, and Shigeru Murakami, Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,783,750 (20040831), Hydrogen production

method, Minish Mahendra Shah, Raymond Francis Drnevich, Christian Friedrich Gottzmann, and Bart Antonie van Hassel, Praxair Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,851 (20040831), Pitch based graphite fabrics and needled punched felts for fuel cell gas diffusion layer substrates and high thermal conductivity reinforced composites, James Crawford, Jean­Francois LeCostaouec, and Paul T. Kennedy, Albany International Techniweave, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,877 (20040831), Fuel reforming apparatus, Takashi Shimazu, Satoshi Iguchi, Satoshi Aoyama, Koichi Numata, Kazuhisa Kunitake, Takeshi Nishikawa, Shuichi Kubo, and Satoshi Yamazaki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,783,878 (20040831), Solid polymer fuel cell system and method for humidifying and adjusting the temperature of a reactant stream, Henry H. Voss, Russell H. Barton, Brian W. Wells, Joel A. Ronne, and Harald Anton Nigsch, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,783,879 (20040831), Dynamic fuel processor mechanization and control, Glenn W. Skala, Gerald Voecks, and William H. Pettit, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,783,880 (20040831), Porous planar electrode support in a solid oxide fuel cell, Niels Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,783,881 (20040831), Filter assembly for intake air of fuel cell, Eivind Stenersen, William Michael Nyman, and Richard Thomas Canepa, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,783,882 (20040831), Method and apparatus for maintenance of fuel cell cathode air quality with breathable hydrophobic membrane air filter, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

U.S. 6,783,883 (20040831), Gas-proof assembly composed of a bipolar plate and a membrane-electrode unit of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Petra Koschany, Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,884 (20040831), Flow field plate assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell, Peter R. Gibb, Neil V. Davis, and Emerson R. Gallagher, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,783,885 (20040831), Low gravity electrochemical cell, Jason K. Shiepe and Trent M. Molter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,886 (20040831), Battery pack with an improved cooling structure, Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Youichi Kato, and Hisakazu Okabayashi, Makita Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,887 (20040831), Method and apparatus for manufacturing battery module and unit battery cell for use in battery module, Hideki Okajima, Takashi Oda, Yukichi Uesugi, Hitoshi Tanaka, and Yoshinobu Okumura, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,888 (20040831), Control of cell swelling by the proper choice of carbon monofluoride (CFx) cathode materials in high rate defibrillator cells, Hong Gan, Sally Ann Smesko, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Steven M. Davis, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,783,890 (20040831), Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing same, Ho­jin Kweon, Sung­soo Kim, Geun­bae Kim, and Dong­gon Park, Samsung Display Devices Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,783,891 (20040831), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,892 (20040831), Positive electrode active material for alkaline storage batteries, and positive electrode and alkaline storage battery using the same, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Hidekatsu Izumi, Toru Inagaki, and Yoichi Izumi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,893 (20040831), Alkaline battery, William L. Bowden, Klaus Brandt, Paul A. Christian, and Zhiping Jiang, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,783,894 (20040831), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Yoshio Kajiura, Tetsuya Kusakabe, and Nobuyuki Isshiki, Kao Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,895 (20040831), Collector for alkaline secondary battery, method for making the same, and alkaline secondary battery using the same, Hiroyuki Imai, Kaori Yoshida, Toshiaki Takase, and Kazuya Satou, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP) and Japan Vilene Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,896 (20040831), Electrolyte for electrochemical device, Shoichi Tsujioka, Hironari Takase, Mikihiro Takahashi, Hiromi Sugimoto, and Makoto Koide, Central Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,783,897 (20040831), Crosslinking agent and crosslinkable solid polymer electrolyte using the same, Yongku Kang, Changjin Lee, Won Sil Lee, and Kun Ae Noh, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,784,135 (20040831), Thermal regulating catalyst composition, Anton Scholten, Peter F. M. T. Van Nisselrooy, Walter R. De Jongh, and Jan Stokman, Power Plug, Inc (DE).

U.S. 6,784,317 (20040831), Production of quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxycarboxylic acid and quarternary ammonium salt of inorganic acid, Yutaka Kanbara, Yasushi Higuchi, Tomoo Tsujimoto, and Genki Nogami, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc (JP).

U.S. 6,784,636 (20040831), Multi-cell battery, Kenneth Michael Partington, ESRMCO Inc.

U.S. 6,784,637 (20040831), Battery charger/tester

with storage media, Kurt Raichle, Jeff Patterson, and Paul Sontheimer, SPX Corp.

U.S. 6,784,638 (20040831), Series charger with separate detection of batteries, Fu­I Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,784,639 (20040831), Multi-battery automatic charging circuit with individual regulator, Tai­Her Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,784,640 (20040831), Method and apparatus for indicating battery state of hybrid car, Toru Mizuta and Kenichi Tanimoto, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,784,641 (20040831), Uninterruptible power supply, Hirotaka Sakai, Hideki Miyamoto, Yasushi Mori, Yukinori Akamoto, and Nobuo Shiojima, Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,784,642 (20040831), Power supply having temperature sensors for detecting battery temperatures, Masaki Yugo and Naohiro Shigeta, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,785,122 (20040831), Method for preparing electrolytic solution, electrolytic solution and electric double-layer capacitor, Minoru Noguchi, Shigeki Oyama, and Takeshi Fujino, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,785,616 (20040831), Method of determining if deterioration in structural integrity of a pressure vessel, a pressure vessel, and a structural integrity testing apparatus therefor, Brian Lung and Joe Y Wong, Saskatchewan Research Council (CA).