U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1288 (November 2004)

U.S. 6,810,899 (20041102), Integrated palladium-based micromembranes for hydrogen separation and hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions, Aleksander J. Franz, Klavs F. Jensen, Martin A. Schmidt, and Samara Firebaugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S. 6,810,925 (20041102), Hydrogen fueling station, John David Trevor Graham, Alan John Mulvenna, William Edward Mufford, Joachim George Borck, James Ko, and Matthew Albert MacLennan Harper, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,811,197 (20041102), Housing assembly for electrical energy storage device, Tony Gary Grabowski, Arun Kumar Jaura, and Jaswant S. Dhillon, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,811,577 (20041102), Cell electrode plate, method for manufacturing it, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell using them, Hitoshi Fujimatsu, Takashi Iijima, Takayuki Shirane, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, and Hizuru Koshina, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,578 (20041102), Fuel reforming apparatus and method of controlling same, Kazuhisa Kunitake, Satoshi Iguchi, Satoshi Aoyama, and Hiroyuki Usami, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,811,741 (20041102), Method for making thick and/or thin film, Ai Quoc Pham and Robert S. Glass, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,811,764 (20041102), Hydrogen generation system using stabilized borohydrides for hydrogen storage, Scott Willis Jorgensen and Belinda K. Perry, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,811,902 (20041102), Battery pack having improved battery cell terminal configuration, Morgan Rey Benson and Steven D. Cochran, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,903 (20041102), Electrochemical cell recharging system, Aditi Vartak and Tsepin Tsai, Evlonyx, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,904 (20041102), Direct oxidation method for generating electricity, Raymond J. Gorte, John M. Vohs, and Radu Craciun, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

U.S. 6,811,905 (20041102), Direct organic fuel cell having a vapor transport member, Cecelia C. Cropley and Simon G. Stone, Giner Electro Chemical Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,811,906 (20041102), Method and apparatus for monitoring equivalent series resistance and for shunting a fuel cell, Lijun Bai, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,907 (20041102), Fuel processor, Xingwu Wang, Huihui Duan, and Bigang Min, Nanoset, LLC.

U.S. 6,811,908 (20041102), System and method for controlling the operation of a fuel processing system, David J. Edlund, Thomas G. Herron, and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,811,909 (20041102), Fuel cell, Narutoshi Sugita and Seiji Sugiura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,811,910 (20041102), Metal air cell incorporating air flow system, Tsepin Tsai and William F. Morris, Evionyx, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,911 (20041102), Ion conductive matrixes and their use, Emanuel Peled, Tair Duvdevani, and Avi Melman, Tel Aviv University Future Technology Development LP (IL).

U.S. 6,811,912 (20041102), Solid state fuel cell made from porous and partially porous semiconductor structures, Anthony D. Kurtz, Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,913 (20041102), Multipurpose reversible electrochemical system, Robert C. Ruhl, Technology Management, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,915 (20041102), Cell frame/flow field integration method and apparatus, Mark E. Dristy and Greg A. Hanlon, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,916 (20041102), Fuel cell electrode pair assemblies and related methods, Jonathan C. Mallari, Suzanne M. Snyder, Vinh Chung, and Slobodan Petrovic, Neah Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,917 (20041102), Thermosetting composition for electrochemical cell components and methods of making thereof, Bruce B. Fitts, Vincent R. Landi, and Saroj Kumar Roy, World Properties, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,918 (20041102), Low contact resistance PEM fuel cell, Richard H. Blunk, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Daniel John Lisi, and Youssef Morcos Mikhail, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,811,919 (20041102), Lithium secondary battery and transportation method thereof, Hiroshi Nemoto, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,920 (20041102), Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery and fabrication method thereof, Shinji Murashige and Naoto Arai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,921 (20041102), Battery pack, Yoshitaka Dansui and Hideki Kasahara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,922 (20041102), Battery pack, Silvester Madjar, Thomas Shea, and Lawrence Sinkewich, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,811,923 (20041102), Active material for anode of secondary cell and method for production thereof and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, and recycled electronic functional material and method for recycling electronic functional material, Ryo Sakai, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Kotaro Iyasu, Nobukazu Suzuki, and Hisayasu Mitsui, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,811,924 (20041102), Method for the preparation of cathode active material and method for the preparation of non-aqueous electrolyte, Mamoru Hosoya, Kimio Takahashi, and Yuzuru Fukushima, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,925 (20041102), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell and a tungsten or molybdenum substituted lithium positive electrode active material, Koji Yamato, Koji Hayashi, Hajime Kitamura, Takahiro Miyashita, Yoshinori Naruoka, Junichi Toriyama, and Masanao Terasaki, Chuo Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (JP) and Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,926 (20041102), Formulation of zinc negative electrode for rechargeable cells having an alkaline electrolyte, Jeffrey Phillips, Powergenix Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,811,927 (20041102), Battery containing a polycarbodiimide polymer, Masakatsu Urairi, Keisuke Kii, Yutaka Kishii, Yutaka Yamamura, Masao Abe, Sadahito Misumi, and Fumiteru Asai, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,811,928 (20041102), Battery with adhesion resin layer including filler, Shigeru Aihara, Daigo Takemura, Hisashi Shiota, Jun Aragane, Hiroaki Urushibata, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kouji Hamano, Michio Murai, and Takayuki Inuzuka, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,811,929 (20041102), Polymeric gel electrolyte, lithium battery using the same, and methods of manufacturing the electrolyte and the lithium battery, Ilyeong-gon Noh and Ki-ho Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,812,171 (20041102), Carbon fiber sheet and process for production thereof, Kenji Shimazaki and Shintaro Tanaka, Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,812,187 (20041102), Carbon molecular sieve and method for manufacturing the same, Chan-ho Pak, Ji-man Kim, and Hyung-ik Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,812,276 (20041102), Poly(arylene ether)-containing thermoset composition, method for the preparation thereof, and articles derived therefrom, Gary William Yeager, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,812,290 (20041102), Polyarylene copolymers and proton-conductive membrane, Kohei Goto, Yoshitaka Yamakawa, Mayumi Kakuta, and Igor Rozhanskii, JSR Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,812,404 (20041102), Feedthrough device having electrochemical corrosion protection, Gonzalo Martinez, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,812,591 (20041102), Power control device with electric double layer capacitor unit cells, Tokihiro Umemura, Noriko Kawakami, Tomotsugu Ishizuka, and Kazuhiro Nakajima, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,812,634 (20041102), Graphite nanofibers, electron-emitting source and method for preparing the same, display element equipped with the electron-emitting source as well as lithium ion secondary battery, Hirohiko Murakami, Masaaki Hirakawa, and Chiaki Tanaka, Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,812,670 (20041102), Battery control device, Keiichi Minamiura and Toshiaki Nakanishi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,812,671 (20041102), Method and apparatus for controlling current draw while charging a battery array, Jose Antonio Formenti and Garry Ross Elder, Texas Instruments Inc.

U.S. 6,812,672 (20041102), Electric charge control device and load driving device using the same, Yasuhiro Tamai and Tetsuya Hasegawa, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,812,673 (20041102), Charge/discharge protection apparatus having a charge-state overcurrent detector, and battery pack including the same, and mobile electronic system, Akihiko Fujiwara, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,812,674 (20041102), Apparatus and method for testing battery condition, Gary Hoffman.

U.S. 6,812,821 (20041102), Humidity sensor, Hiroki Fujita, Tetsuo Yamada, Satoshi Sugaya, Kenji Kato, Noboru Ishida, and Takafumi Oshima, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,813,139 (20041102), Electrochemical double layer capacitor having carbon powder electrodes, Priya Bendale, Manuel R. Malay, John M. Dispennette, Chenniah Nanjundiah, and Frederic Spiess, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,814,359 (20041109), Gasket, Kazuhisa Senda and Osamu Ando, NOK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,814,595 (20041109), Structure for preventing failure of connector, Masahiro Miyamoto and Shigeo Mori, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,814,626 (20041109), Electrical connector for chargeable battery, Chan Wen-Yao, L & K Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,814,764 (20041109), Method for producing cathode active material and method for producing non-aqueous electrolyte cell, Mamoru Hosoya, Yuzuru Fukushima, Hideki Sakai, and Junji Kuyama, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,814,777 (20041109), Platinum and platinum alloy powders with high surface areas and low chlorine content and processes for preparing these powders, Peter Biberbach, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,814,781 (20041109), Methods for separation/purification utilizing rapidly cycled thermal swing sorption, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Bruce F. Monzyk, Yong Wang, David P. VanderWiel, Steven T. Perry, Sean P. Fitzgerald, Wayne W. Simmons, Jeffrey S. McDaniel, and Albert E. Weller Jr., Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,814,841 (20041109), Gas liquid phase separator with improved pressure control, A. John Speranza, Andrzej E. Stanek, Angelo A. Morson, and Justin D. Baltrucki, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,814,888 (20041109), Dopant agent and electroconductive polymer material comprising the same, Masahiro Kuwahara, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,814,894 (20041109), Lithium-manganese complex oxide, production method thereof and use thereof, Takayuki Shoji and Kazuaki Yamamoto, Tosoh Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,814,944 (20041109), Modifying device, Nobuki Matsui, Shuji Ikegami, Yasunori Okamoto, and Kazuo Yonemoto, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,003 (20041109), Method for fabricating electrode for lithium secondary battery, Hiromasa Yagi, Koji Endo, Hisaki Tarui, Hiroshi Okano, and Shingo Nakano, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,100 (20041109), Control device for starting fuel cell vehicle, Satoshi Aoyagi, Yoshinobu Hasuka, and Hibiki Saeki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,101 (20041109), Fuel cell ambient environment monitoring and control apparatus and method, Jake de Vaal and Harvindra Deo, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,815,103 (20041109), Start control device for fuel cell system, Hiroyuki Abe, Yutaka Asano, and Mitsuru Kai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,104 (20041109), Method for controlling flow rate of oxidizer in fuel cell system, Junji Uehara, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshikazu Murakami, Masanori Hayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, and Daishi Igarashi, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,105 (20041109), Fuel cell apparatus and method thereof, John F. Cooper, Roger Krueger, and Nerine Cherepy, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,815,106 (20041109), Fuel cell having dynamically regulated backpressure, John P. Salvador, James W. Dandalides, and William Henry Pettit, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,815,107 (20041109), Gas leak detection method for fuel cell, Shigeru Inai, Katsumi Hayashi, Yosuke Fujii, and Minoru Koshinuma, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,108 (20041109), Function maintaining method for a fuel cell system, Kenichiro Ueda, Shinji Yoshikawa, and Yoshinobu Hasuka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,109 (20041109), Fuel cell system, Takafumi Okamoto, Koji Okazaki, and Shuji Sato, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,110 (20041109), Fuel cell and power chip technology, Stephen A Marsh, Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,815,111 (20041109), Separator for a fuel cell and a method of producing the same, Tsunemori Yoshida, Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,112 (20041109), Fuel cell separator and polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuo Saito, Atsushi Hagiwara, Koji Banno, and Ayumi Horiuchi, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP)

U.S. 6,815,113 (20041109), Compliant electrical contacts for fuel cell use, Jerrold E. Franklin and Eric S. Mettler, Altergy Systems.

U.S. 6,815,114 (20041109), Membrane electrode unit for fuel cells and the like, Matthias Bronold, Henrik Colell, and Christian Leu, Heliocentris Energiesysteme GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,815,115 (20041109), Fuel cell and fuel cell stack, Narutoshi Sugita, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, and Hideaki Kikuchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,116 (20041109), Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks, David J. Lenz, Brandon W. Chung, and Ai Quoc Pham, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,815,117 (20041109), Method for determining a current density distribution in a fuel cell stack, Karl-Heinz Hauer, Volkswagen AG (DE).

U.S. 6,815,118 (20041109), Valve regulated lead acid battery, Frank Albert Fleming and Russell Harvey Newnham, Hawker Energy Products, Inc. and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (AU).

U.S. 6,815,119 (20041109), Tetrakisfluoro-alkylborate salts and their use as conducting salts, Michael Schmidt, Andreas Kuehner, Helge Willner, and Eduard Bernhardt, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,815,120 (20041109), Battery electrode and manufacturing method and apparatus for the same, Hiroshi Inoue, Kiwamu Inui, Mitsugu Takaki, and Shinichi Hojioka, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,121 (20041109), Particulate electrode including electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, Sankar Dasgupta, James K. Jacobs, and Rakesh Bhola, Electrovaya Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,815,122 (20041109), Alkali transition metal phosphates and related electrode active materials, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey L. Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,815,123 (20041109), Lithium-ion battery using heat-activatable microporous membrane, Luying Sun, Policell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,815,124 (20041109), Gel electrolyte and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Yusuke Suzuki and Mashio Shibuya, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,815,391 (20041109), Method of preparing nano-level platinum/carbon electrocatalyst for cathode of fuel cell, Wei Xing, Xuguang Li, and Tianhong Lu, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science (CN).

U.S. 6,815,485 (20041109), Resin composition, Hiroshi Kamo, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,815,682 (20041109), Infrared sensing of concentration of methanol’s aqueous solution, Arnold Rabinovich, Evangelos Diatzikis, Jeffrey Mullen, and Daryl Tulimieri, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and ABB Research Ltd. (CH).

U.S. 6,815,929 (20041109), System and method for battery isolation in a charging system, Marc E. Dagan and Sergei Slavnov, Analog Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,815,930 (20041109), Protection circuit for a battery cell, George D. Goodman, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

U.S. 6,815,931 (20041109), Marine charge source switching system, John T. Wells, Chris Hanrahan, and Ted McMahon, John T. Wells.

U.S. 6,816,740 (20041109), Recharge apparatus for holding the rechargeable device, Chien-Min Lin, High Tech Computer Corp. (TW).

U.S. 6,816,797 (20041109), System and method for measuring fuel cell voltage and high frequency resistance, Norman A. Freeman, Stephane Masse, and Ravi B. Gopal, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 6,817,097 (20041116), Flat plate fuel cell cooler, David B. Sarraf and Joel T. Schwendemann, Thermal Corp.

U.S. 6,817,380 (20041116), Diffuser in an air mass flow controller, Frederic Gagnon, Siemens VDO Automotive Inc.

U.S. 6,817,879 (20041116), Service port configurations, Alan John Mulvenna, David Michael Routtenberg, John David Trevor Graham, and William Edward Mufford, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,817,893 (20041116), Plug connector for connection with a battery terminal, Alexander Schmid, Rolf Jetter, and Antonio Lehner, Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,817,908 (20041116), Top clamping battery terminal connector, Erik Freitag, Royal Die & Stamping Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,818,025 (20041116), Rechargeable battery having a current collector integrally formed and contacting a current collector plate to form a flat plane, Toshikazu Ura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,110 (20041116), Combinatorial electrochemical deposition and testing system, Christopher J. Warren, Robert C. Haushalter, Leonid Matsiev, Martin Devenney, Eric McFarland, and Earl Danielson, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,818,134 (20041116), Systems and methods for screening and optimization of solid oxide fuel cell materials, John P Lemmon and Tracey Jordan, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,818,146 (20041116), Chemical base for engine coolant/antifreeze with improved thermal stability properties, Edward Raynes Eaton, Wyndham Henry Boon, and Christopher John Smith, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 6,818,165 (20041116), Method of fabricating fluid flow field plates, Emerson R Gallagher, Ballard Power Systems Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,818,192 (20041116), 12CaO€7AlO£ compound clathrating active oxygen species and method for preparing the same, Hideo Hosono, Masahiro Hirano, and Katsuro Hayashi, Japan Science and Technology Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,260 (20041116), Thienothiophene derivatives, Louise Farrand, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,818,334 (20041116), Accelerated hydrogen generation through reactive mixing of two or more fluids, Joseph W. Tsang, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,818,335 (20041116), System and method for early detection of contaminants in a fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,818,336 (20041116), Fuel control for fuel-processor steam generation in low temperature fuel cell power plant, Joshua D. Isom, Ha-Anh H. Pho, Zakiul Kabir, Paul R. Margiott, and George Vartanian, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,818,337 (20041116), Fuel cell output characteristic estimation apparatus and output characteristic estimation method, fuel cell system and vehicle having the same, and fuel cell output control method and data storage medium, Hiroshi Sugiura, Nobuo Watanabe, Kouta Manabe, and Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,818,338 (20041116), Fuel cell assembly, Tadahiro Kubota, Nariaki Kuriyama, and Jun Sasahara, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,818,339 (20041116), Polymer electrolyte type fuel cell, Yasushi Sugawara, Hisaaki Gyoten, Makoto Uchida, Eiichi Yasumoto, Teruhisa Kanbara, Junji Morita, Yoshihiro Hori, Akihiko Yoshida, Hidenobu Wakita, Hiroki Kusakabe, Masato Hosaka, and Osamu Sakai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,340 (20041116), Capillary transporting fuel battery, Hung-Sen Twu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Chia Lin Wu, and Lieh-Hsi Lo, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 6,818,341 (20041116), Fuel cell anode configuration for CO tolerance, Francisco A. Uribe and Thomas A. Zawodzinski, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,818,342 (20041116), Method of forming protective coating on cell safety valve element, cell safety valve element coated with protective film, cell sealing plate using the element, and enclosed cell using the plate, Hiroaki Okamoto, Yoshiyuki Sugimoto, Kinji Saijo, and Hiroaki Kawamura, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,343 (20041116), Battery pack with reduced temperature differential between cells, Shinya Kimoto, Mitsugu Takaki, Kenji Kimura, Toshinobu Yokoyama, Shinsuke Fukuda, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshihiro Katsuta, and Kieko Asakawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,818,344 (20041116), Thermal battery, Sami Daoud, Textron Systems.

U.S. 6,818,345 (20041116), Battery with top and bottom connecting straps and additional vertical connecting bars, Kenneth Michael Partington and David Colin Brown, Chloride Industrial Batteries Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,818,347 (20041116), Performance enhancing additives for electrochemical cells, Zhihong Jin, John Kennedy, and Michael Mansuetto, University of California and Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,818,348 (20041116), Nickel hydroxide paste with molasses binder, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Kevin Fok, Thomas Hopper, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,818,349 (20041116), Positive active material for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries and method of preparing same, Su-Suk Choi, Ho-Jin Kweon, Jun-Won Suh, Jea-Woan Lee, and Ji-Seong Han, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,818,350 (20041116), Alkaline cells having low toxicity rechargeable zinc electrodes, Jeffrey Phillips, PowerGenix Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,818,351 (20041116), Mixed cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, Takuya Sunagawa, Masatoshi Takahashi, and Yoshikumi Miyamoto, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,352 (20041116), Lithium secondary cell, separator, cell pack, and charging method, Takahiro Daido, Satoshi Igarashi, Satoshi Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Honmoto, and Hiroyoshi Minematsu, Teijin Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,353 (20041116), Lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Mitsuhiro Mori, Masato Shirakata, Jiro Iriyama, Tamaki Miura, Hironori Yamamoto, and Koji Utsugi, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,354 (20041116), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Keiji Saisho, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ikuro Nakane, Satoshi Narukawa, and Norio Tsujioka, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,818,355 (20041116), Silica filled polymeric separator containing efficiency improving additives, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,818,356 (20041116), Thin film battery and electrolyte therefor, John B. Bates, Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc.

U.S. 6,818,735 (20041116), Battery polymeric material, battery separator, battery insulating packing, and lithium battery, Seiji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, Maruo Kamino, Nobuhiro Nishiguchi, and Masahiro Imanishi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,819,081 (20041116), Power source apparatus, Ryosaku Izawa and Kiyoshi Kunimoto, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,819,082 (20041116), Charging device with stress stored by charging that is initiated by externally applied force, and that being eventually released by heat due to charging saturation, Tai-Her Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,819,083 (20041116), Dual use thermistor for battery cell thermal protection and battery pack overcharge/undercharge protection, Joseph Patino and Michael D. Geren, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,819,084 (20041116), Method of fabricating rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery fabricated by same, Takitaro Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Shimizu, and Cheol-Soo Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,819,085 (20041116), Battery pack apparatus, Shinya Kimoto, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,819,094 (20041116), Constant-current/constant-voltage circuit architecture, Trevor W. Barcelo, Robert L. Reay, and David M. Dwelley, Linear Technology Corp.

U.S. 6,819,811 (20041116), Nano-size gas sensor systems, Mark K. Goldstein, Quantum Group Inc.

U.S. 6,820,019 (20041116), Device and method for determining and communicating the remaining life of a battery in an implantable neurological tissue stimulating device, Kevin J. Kelly and Nathan A. Torgerson, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,820,205 (20041116), Electric power unit with a battery and a memory for recording the date of first use of the battery, Shigefumi Odaohhara and Arimasa Naitoh, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,820,464 (20041123), Odorized seals for the detection of gas leak, Pushpinder Singh Puri and James Gordon Hansel, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,820,812 (20041123), Battery integrated into a mobile device, Sudhir Bhatia and Alistair Hamilton, Symbol Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,323 (20041123), Process for the non-galvanic tin plating of copper or copper alloys, Jane Bell, Joachim Heyer, Jurgen Hupe, Ingo Kalker, and Marlies Kleinfeld, Enthone Inc.

U.S. 6,821,334 (20041123), Process for producing sulfonated solid particles, Michiel Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Zama, Hisao Okamoto, Atsushi Nogami, Naoyuki Sakai, and Hideyuki Koiso, Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,821,471 (20041123), Method for the manufacturing of a plate, Hakan Olsson, Morphic Technologies Aktiebolag (SE).

U.S. 6,821,494 (20041123), Oxygen-assisted water gas shift reactor having a supported catalyst, and method for its use, Tianli Zhu, Ronald G. Silver, Sean C. Emerson, and Richard J. Bellows, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,821,498 (20041123), Oxygen ion conducting materials, John Vaughey, Michael Krumpelt, Xiaoping Wang, and J. David Carter, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 6,821,499 (20041123), Method of generating hydrogen by reaction of borohydrides and hydrates, Scott Willis Jorgensen, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,821,501 (20041123), Integrated flameless distributed combustion/steam reforming membrane reactor for hydrogen production and use thereof in zero emissions hybrid power system, Andreas Nikolaos Matzakos, Scott Lee Wellington, Thomas Mikus, and John Michael Ward, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 6,821,658 (20041123), Cold start and temperature control method and apparatus for fuel cell system, William P. Acker, Shimshon Gottesfeld, and William W. Dailey, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,821,659 (20041123), Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus, Subbarao Surampudi, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, Eugene Vamos, Harvey A. Frank, Gerald Halpert, George A. Olah, and G. K. Surya Prakash, California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California.

U.S. 6,821,660 (20041123), Gas humidification device for operation, testing, and evaluation of fuel cells, Craig Andrews, Mark J. Flusche, and Donald P. Lyons, Fideris, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,661 (20041123), Hydrophilic anode gas diffusion layer, Prathap Haridoss, Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, James F. McElroy, Jeffrey R Boyer, and Eric G. Budesheim, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,662 (20041123), Method and device for recovering water produced by a fuel cell, Pierre Charlat and Gerard Boudiere, L’Air Liquide Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance (FR).

U.S. 6,821,663 (20041123), Solid oxide regenerative fuel cell, James McElroy, Matthias Gottmann, John Finn, and Fred Mitlitsky, Ion America Corp.

U.S. 6,821,664 (20041123), Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system, John W. Parks, Glen E. Benson, Wieslaw J. Zielinski, Arne W Ballantine, and Richard L. Chartrand, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,665 (20041123), 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. 6,821,666 (20041123), Method of forming a package for mems-based fuel cell, Jeffrey D. Morse and Alan F. Jankowski, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,821,667 (20041123), Fuel cell stack having foil interconnects and laminated spacers, Diane M. England, Sean M. Kelly, and Subhasish Mukerjee, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,668 (20041123), Fuel purging of cascaded fuel cell stack, Michael L. Perry and Paul R. Margiott, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,821,669 (20041123), Liquid electrolyte battery, Steffen Tschirch, IQ Battery Research & Development GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,821,670 (20041123), Mobile phone battery, Chih-Yuan Hsueh, Chang Hsiang Industrial Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,821,671 (20041123), Method and apparatus for cooling and positioning prismatic battery cells, Michael L. Hinton and Daniel D. Rivers, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,821,672 (20041123), Mat of glass and other fibers and method for producing it, George C Zguris, KVG Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,821,673 (20041123), 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. 6,821,675 (20041123), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising composite particles, Kenichi Morigaki, Kazuya Iwamoto, Hizuru Koshina, Harunari Shimamura, and Yoshiaki Nitta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,821,676 (20041123), Metal hydride battery material with high storage capacity, Martin Ouwerkerk, Anna-Maria Janner, and Petrus Henricus Laurentius Notten, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NL).

U.S. 6,821,677 (20041123), Negative electrode active material and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Hiroki Inagaki and Norio Takami, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,821,678 (20041123), Process of producing manganese dioxide for a lithium primary battery, Hiroshi Sumida, Kiyoteru Enomoto, and Masaki Sato, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,821,679 (20041123), Fabrication method of LiCoO nano powder by surface modification of precursor, Young-Soo Yoon, Won-Kook Choi, and Ho-Young Park, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,821,680 (20041123), Battery separator, process for producing the same, and alkaline battery, Toshio Tanaka, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Naohiko Takimoto, Masahiro Yamashita, and Shiro Hamamoto, Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

US 6,821,681 (20041123), Electrochemical cells and an interchangeable electrolyte therefore, Johan C. Fitter (ZA).

U.S. 6,822,065 (20041123), Solid polymer electrolyte and preparation methods, Jean Yves Sanchez and Fanny Alloin, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (FR).

U.S. 6,822,069 (20041123), Poly(5-aminoquinoxalines) and use thereof, Yukio Nagasaki, Hitoshi Furusho, Katsumi Chikama, and Hisae Miyamoto, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,822,193 (20041123), Method of making solid oxide fuel cells and stacks, Christian Olsen and Jens Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,822,296 (20041123), Complementary metal oxide semiconductor structure for battery protection circuit and battery protection circuit having the same, Chi-Chang Wang, TOPRO Technology, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 6,822,420 (20041123), Battery power source device including rechargeable battery and circuit board joined thereto, Katsumi Kozu, Shigeo Aoki, Takashi Takemura, Junji Fujiwara, Yoshinori Koyanagi, Keisuke Tanaka, and Motohide Masui, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,822,422 (20041123), Battery recycle system, Rumi Sagawa, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,822,423 (20041123), Intelligent serial battery charger and charging block, Kwok Wong Yau, Yiu Cheung Li, and Long Bai, GPE International Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 6,822,424 (20041123), Trouble recognition of an intelligent battery and the resetting thereof, Shigefumi Odaohhara, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,822,425 (20041123), High frequency battery charger and method of operating same, Michael Krieger, Bruce Randolph, and Roy Scott Vetitoe, Vector Products, Inc.

U.S. 6,822,551 (20041123), System for communication with a vehicle in close proximity to a fixed service port, Edward Wing Ping Li, Henrik Thorning Christensen, Bruce Stephen Jenner, William Edward Mufford, and Curtis Michael Robin, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,823,274 (20041123), Apparatus and method for testing remaining capacity of a battery, Phillip David Zimmerman, David Eric Zimmerman, and Gary Lee Claypoole, ZTS, Inc.

U.S. 6,823,584 (20041130), Process for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly, Joachim R. Schaefer and Martin Schroer, Ballard Power Systems Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,823,931 (20041130), Hydrogen cooled hydride storage unit incorporating porous encapsulant material to prevent alloy entrainment, Ned T. Stetson, Arthur Holland, and Trevor Stephenson, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,086 (20041130), Method of creating ultra-fine particles of materials using a high-pressure mill, Marian Mazurkiewicz and Bruce E. Conrad, Cornerstone Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,824,168 (20041130), Vehicle body rear part structure, Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroshi Osato, Toshiaki Shimizu, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tohru Ono, and Masaru Shibasawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,824,571 (20041130), Hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode, manufacturing method thereof, and alkaline storage battery equipped with the hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Makoto Ochi, Motoo Tadokoro, Teruhiko Imoto, Tetsuyuki Murata, Takashi Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Kondou, Kiyoshi Morita, and Kousuke Satoguchi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,573 (20041130), Fuel for use in fuel cell, Kenichirou Saitou, Iwao Anzai, Osamu Sadakane, and Michiro Matsubara, Nippon Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,576 (20041130), Hydrogen produced from heterocyclic compounds, Gene E. Lightner.

U.S. 6,824,577 (20041130), Nested compact fuel processor for producing hydrogen rich gas, Vijay A. Deshpande, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 6,824,592 (20041130), Apparatus for hydrogen separation/purification using rapidly cycled thermal swing sorption, Bruce F. Monzyk, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Yong Wang, David P VanderWiel, Steven T Perry, Sean P. Fitzgerald, Wayne W. Simmons, Jeffrey S. McDaniel, Albert E. Weller Jr., and Chad M. Cucksey, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,824,593 (20041130), Hydrogen purification membranes, components and fuel processing systems containing the same, David J. Edlund, William A. Pledger, and R Todd Studebaker, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,824,667 (20041130), Metal hydride composite materials, Thomas P. Griego, Surfect Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,680 (20041130), Preparation of microporous films from immiscible blends via melt processing and stretching, Chaiya Chandavasu, Marino Xanthos, Kamalesh K. Sirkar, and Costas Gogos, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

U.S. 6,824,702 (20041130), Device and method for producing molten salts and use thereof, Hans Leonhard Ohrem and Susanne Brzezinski, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,824,706 (20041130), Mono-, oligo- and poly-difluorovinyl-(hetero)arylenes, their synthesis and their use as charge transport materials, Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrank Haftung (DE).

U.S. 6,824,754 (20041130), Solid state thermal method for the synthesis of lithium hexafluoro phosphate (LiPF§) as battery electrolyte, Angaiah Subramaniam, Thiagarajan Vasudevan, and Ramaiyer Gangadharan, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IN).

U.S. 6,824,865 (20041130), 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. 6,824,874 (20041130), Insulator and seal for fuel cell assemblies, Kanu G. Shah, Frank W. Popielas, Brent R. Boldt, and Dennis F. Person, Dana Corp.

U.S. 6,824,899 (20041130), Apparatus and methods for sensor-less optimization of methanol concentration in a direct methanol fuel cell system, William P. Acker, Michael S. Adler, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,900 (20041130), Method and apparatus for water management of a fuel cell system, Michael S DeFilippis, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,824,901 (20041130), End-cell thermal distancing for fuel cell system, Carl A. Reiser and Gennady Resnick, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,824,902 (20041130), Process and device for production of electricity in a fuel cell by oxidation of hydrocarbons followed by a filtration of particles, Eric Lenglet, Pierre Boucot, and Gerard Henri Martin, Institut Francais du Petrole (FR).

U.S. 6,824,903 (20041130), Hydrogen supplying device for fuel cell, Toshiaki Shimada, Takahiro Kuriiwa, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,824,904 (20041130), Reactor for preferential oxidation and method of use, Mark A. Brundage, William H. Pettit, and Rodney L. Borup, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,824,905 (20041130), Power supply system and device driven by power supply system, Masaharu Shioya and Hidetoshi Akao, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,906 (20041130), Fuel cell system incorporating and integrated cathode exhaust condenser and stack cooler, Jonathan P. Wattelet and Mark C. Voss, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 6,824,907 (20041130), Tubular solid oxide fuel cell stack, Partho Sarkar and Hongsang Rho, Alberta Reasearch Council, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,824,908 (20041130), Fuel cell, Kiyoshi Yamaura, Minehisa Imazato, and Nobuaki Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,909 (20041130), Low-humidification and durable fuel cell membrane, Mark F. Mathias and Hubert A. Gasteiger, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,824,910 (20041130), Co-flow planar SOFC fuel cell stack, Brandon W. Chung, Ai Quoc Pham, and Robert S. Glass, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,824,911 (20041130), Integrated fuel cell power system, Jerrold E. Franklin, Altergy Systems.

U.S. 6,824,912 (20041130), Fuel cell and method for preparation thereof, Kiyoshi Yamaura and Minehisa Imazato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,913 (20041130), Anode for molten carbonate fuel cell coated with porous ceramic films, Seong-Ahn Hong, In-Hwan Oh, Tae-Hoon Lim, Suk-Woo Nam, Heung-Yong Ha, Sung Pil Yoon, Jonghee Han, and Beom Seok Kang, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,824,914 (20041130), Amine-based fuel cell/battery with high specific energy density, Subramanian T. M. Iyer, Energetics, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,915 (20041130), Air managing systems and methods for gas depolarized power supplies utilizing a diaphragm, Christopher S. Pedicini, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,824,916 (20041130), Hybrid battery housing, Douglas A Vine, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,917 (20041130), Battery system for a portable electronic device, Markus Aaltonen, Mika Kanninen, and Matti Naskali, Nokia Corp. (FI).

U.S. 6,824,918 (20041130), Battery pack having internal batteries having equalized current characteristics, Jong-Sam Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,824,919 (20041130), Hybrid battery housing, Tong Han Law, Wiling Tan, Seng Hai Tan, and Tzer Nan Tan, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,824,920 (20041130), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising composite particles, Kazuya Iwamoto, Hizuru Koshina, Harunari Shimamura, and Yoshiaki Nitta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,921 (20041130), Negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing the same, Toshitada Sato, Takayuki Nakamoto, Harunari Shimamura, and Kazuhiro Okamura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,922 (20041130), Thin film for anode of lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Young-sin Park, Joo-yeal Oh, Hong-koo Baik, and Sung-man Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,824,923 (20041130), Secondary power source having a lithium titanate, Yong Che, Manabu Tsushima, and Takeshi Morimoto, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,924 (20041130), Electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Shigeo Kurose and Tadayoshi Iijima, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,925 (20041130), Method for manufacturing base for electrode plate, method for manufacturing positive electrode plate and alkaline storage battery, Yoshiyuki Muraoka, Ichiro Takeuchi, and Yusuke Ozaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,824,926 (20041130), Silica filled polymeric separator containing efficiency improving diatomite additives, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,824,927 (20041130), Polymer electrolyte containing a vinylidene fluoride copolymer and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and nonaqueous battery containing the polymer electrolyte, Takumi Katsurao, Katsuo Horie, Yukio Ichikawa, and Aisaku Nagai, Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,824,928 (20041130), Organic borate compounds and the nonaqueous electrolytes and lithium secondary batteries using the compounds, Juichi Arai, Hideaki Katayama, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hideki Takahashi, and Masaru Kato, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,825,267 (20041130), Fluororubber compositions and making method, Yasuhisa Osawa, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,825,310 (20041130), Halogenated aromatic compound, polymer thereof, and proton-conductive membrane comprising same, Kohei Goto, Masayuki Takahashi, Yoshitaka Yamakawa, and Makoto Higami, JSR Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,825,620 (20041130), Inductively coupled ballast circuit, Roy W. Kuennen, Scott A. Mollema, David W. Baarman, Ronald C. Markham, and Dennis J. Denen, Access Business Group International LLC.

U.S. 6,825,638 (20041130), Battery charging system and charging method thereof, Sung-hun Kim, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,825,639 (20041130), Charging/discharging apparatus and method, power supplying apparatus and method, power supplying system and method, program storage medium, and program, Kei Tashiro, Hideyuki Sato, Yukio Tsuchiya, and Kiyotaka Murata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,826,034 (20041130), Vibration-resistant electrochemical cell, and method for the production thereof, Rainer Hebel, Rudolf Wittman, and Norbert Will, EPCOS AG (DE).

U.S. 6,826,427 (20041130), Methods and devices for inhibiting battery voltage delays in an implantable cardiac device, Timothy A. Fayram and Mark W Kroll, Pacesetter, Inc.