U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1289 (December 2004)

U.S. 6,827,046 (20041207), System and method for converting a liquid into a vapor, Paul John Welle, Greenlight Power Technologies, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,827,169 (20041207), Force distributing top mount battery retention system, James E. Van Hout, Gregory N. Corey, Narinder Pal Singh, and Zdzislaw J. Skorupa, DaimlerChrysler Corp.

U.S. 6,827,462 (20041207), Charger with night light for portable electrical devices, Duane Wangenheim and David Nazar, Hypercel Corp.

U.S. 6,827,747 (20041207), PEM fuel cell separator plate, Daniel J. Lisi, Richard H. Blunk, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, and Youssef M. Mikhail, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,827,748 (20041207), Fuel cell and method for preparation thereof, Kiyoshi Yamaura, Minehisa Imazato, Toshiaki Kanemitsu, Nobuaki Sato, Kenji Katori, Katsuya Shirai, and Koichi Tanaka, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,827,811 (20041207), Method for vacuum pressing electrochemical cell components, Craig C. Andrews and Oliver J. Murphy, Lynntech, Inc.

U.S. 6,827,823 (20041207), Nano-carbon and composite material or mixed material containing nano-carbon and metal fine particle and methods for producing and patterning the same, Hirofumi Takikawa, Yoshihiko Hibi, and Shigeo Itoh, Futaba Corp. (JP) and Hirofumi Takikawa (JP).

U.S. 6,827,879 (20041207), Activated carbon material, process for producing the same and electric double layer capacitor employing the same, Yasuo Shinozaki, Kazuya Hiratsuka, Toshiharu Nonaka, and Kazuyuki Murakami, JFE Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,827,892 (20041207), Method of preparing thin-walled articles, Alevtina Smirnova, Gary Mark Crosbie, and Robert Allan Pett, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,827,986 (20041207), Grafted polymer electrolyte membrane, method of producing a grafted polymer electrolyte membrane, and fuel cell comprising the same, Michio Asukabe, Michiaki Kato, Takumi Taniguchi, Yu Morimoto, and Masaya Kawasumi, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,828,040 (20041207), Multi-layers coating for protecting metallic substrates, Nicolas Cunningham, Allan S. Hay, Jean-Pol Dodelet, and Yeuzhong Meng, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CA) and Universite McGill (CA).

U.S. 6,828,048 (20041207), Shut-down procedure for fuel cell fuel processing system, Paul R. Margiott, Christopher W. Callahan, Michael L. Perry, and Glenn W Scheffler, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,828,049 (20041207), Replaceable fuel cell apparatus having information storage device, Michael L. Bullock and Winthrop D. Childers, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,828,050 (20041207), Fuel cell, Lijun Bai, Wade A. Huravitch, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,051 (20041207), Fuel-cell system for moving body and control method thereof, Fuminori Yamanashi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,052 (20041207), Surface treated electrically conductive metal element and method of forming same, Xiao Guang Zheng, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,828,053 (20041207), In-situ resistive current and temperature distribution circuit for a fuel cell, Gerald W. Fly, Michael W. Murphy, Robert L. Fuss, and Lewis J. DiPietro, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,828,054 (20041207), Electronically conducting fuel cell component with directly bonded layers and method for making the same, A. John Appleby and Serguey Gamburzev, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 6,828,055 (20041207), Bipolar plates and end plates for fuel cells and methods for making the same, Daniel A. Kearl, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,828,056 (20041207), Electrode catalyst composition, electrode, and membrane electrode assembly for electrochemical cells, Trent M. Molter, Jason K. Shiepe, and A. John Speranza, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,057 (20041207), Fuel cell with framed electrodes, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ana Menjak, Tom Hopper, Zdravko Menjak, Kevin Fok, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, and Subhash K. Dhar, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,058 (20041207), Battery connecting portion-protecting cover, Haruhito Ohtsuka, Norio Matsumura, Tomoaki Kajii, Hiroshi Nakadouzono, and Yoshinori Atago, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,059 (20041207), Method for providing a current collector with bare regions to facilitate winding, Robert D. Miller, Tina L. Urso, and Paul T. Hallifax, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,060 (20041207), Safety battery, Anthony L. Zavilenski.

U.S. 6,828,061 (20041207), Electrochemical cell with reinforced separator, Robert M. Janmey, Eveready Battery Co, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,062 (20041207), Long-lived conjugated polymer electrochemical devices incorporating ionic liquids, Wen Lu, Benjamin R. Mattes, and Andrei G. Fadeev, Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,063 (20041207), Anode thin film for lithium secondary battery, Young-sin Park, Hong-koo Baik, Sung-man Lee, and Joo-yeal Oh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,828,064 (20041207), Alkaline cell having a cathode incorporating enhanced graphite, John C. Nardi, Eveready Battery Co, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,065 (20041207), Ionically conductive polymer electrolytes, M. Zafar A. Munshi, Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,066 (20041207), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Tatsuo Fujinami and Satoshi Suzuki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,828,263 (20041207), High temperature sealing material, Jørgen Gutzon Larsen, Peter Halvor Larsen, and Carsten Bagger, Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,828,353 (20041207), Ion-exchange polymers, Peter Charnock, David J. Kemmish, Philip A. Staniland, and Brian Wilson, Victrex Manufacturing Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,828,362 (20041207), PTC composition and PTC device comprising it, Yong-In Lee, Hyun-Nam Cho, and Jong-Hawk Kim, Shinwha Intertek Corp. (KR).

U.S. 6,828,378 (20041207), Compound comprising crosslinked polyrotaxane, Yasushi Okumura and Kohzo Ito, Center for Advanced Science and Technology Incubation, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,386 (20041207), Process for preparing graft copolymers and membranes formed therefrom, Sean M. MacKinnon, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,828,407 (20041207), Polymer electrolyte composition and uses thereof, Shigeru Sasaki, Arihiro Yashiro, Yasuaki Hidaka, and Takumi Taniguchi, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,828,500 (20041207), Ventilating battery cover, Josef Wagner, Phonak AG (CH).

U.S. 6,828,552 (20041207), Soft ionization device with characterization systems and methods of manufacture, Frank T. Hartley, Ionfinity LLC.

U.S. 6,828,754 (20041207), Charging device with two-way input/output from the battery holder, Tai-Her Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,828,755 (20041207), Battery system module, Michael E Iverson, Thomas J. Dougherty, Chih Y. Chen, Scott G. Klos, Thomas J. Green, and Mark M. Gondek, Johnson Controls Technology Co.

U.S. 6,828,757 (20041207), Circuit for adjusting charging rate of cells in combination, Kimihiko Furukawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,758 (20041207), Charge/discharge control method for battery pack and charge/discharge control apparatus for battery pack, Teruo Ishishita, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,828,759 (20041207), Circuit for regulating current to multiple batteries in a battery charger, Seng P. Xiong, Martin H. Ramsden, and Marc B. Riley, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,828,761 (20041207), Battery charging/discharging apparatus and battery charging/discharging method, Mamoru Suzuki and Hideyuki Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,764 (20041207), Regulator circuit and control method thereof, Kyuichi Takimoto, Yoshihiro Nagaya, and Toshiyuki Matsuyama, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,793 (20041207), Battery voltage detecting circuit, Takeshi Mashiko, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,828,908 (20041207), Locator system with an implanted transponder having an organically-rechargeable battery, Ronald Scott Clark.

U.S. 6,829,495 (20041207), Battery pack locking apparatus for a mobile telephone, Jung-Chul Lee, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,829,545 (20041207), Method of calculating capacity of intelligent battery, intelligent battery and portable electronic device, Shigefumi Odaohhara, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,829,562 (20041207), Method and device for state sensing of technical systems such as energy stores, Christel Sarfert, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,829,724 (20041207), Method for monitoring the condition of a battery in a high temperature high current environment, Mark Farabaugh and Michael D. Derbish, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

U.S. 6,829,933 (20041214), Device for determining the density of an electrolyte, Heribert Schmidt and Dirk Uwe Sauer, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV (DE).

U.S. 6,830,060 (20041214), Air mass flow controller valve, Frederic Gagnon, Siemens VDO Automotive, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,830,424 (20041214), Apparatus and method for separating and supplying plates from a stacked plate assembly, Takayuki Fujino and Shun-ichi Izawa, The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. (JP) and Iken Mfg Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,490 (20041214), Battery terminal and battery post adaptor, Takao Murakami, Masaru Fukuda, Keiichi Ito, Kazuyuki Shiraki, and Masanori Wakui, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,594 (20041214), Process for producing an electric double layer capacitor and positive electrode for an electric double layer capacitor, Yasuo Shinozaki, Naoki Yoshida, and Kazuya Hiratsuka, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,595 (20041214), Method of making composite electrode and current collectors, Robert A. Reynolds III, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,830,656 (20041214), Non-woven fiber webs with nylon binder, Homan B. Kinsley Jr., FiberMark, Inc.

U.S. 6,830,675 (20041214), Method and device for removing carbon monoxide from a gas stream, Detlef Zur Megede, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,830,710 (20041214), Microcomposite power based on an electrical conductor and a fluoropolymer, and objects manufactured with this powder, Anthony Bonnet, Karine Triballier, Philippe Bussi, Michael Burchill, and Michael Foure, Atofina (FR).

U.S. 6,830,725 (20041214), Hydrogen storage alloys having a high porosity surface layer, Michael A . Fetcenko, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Kwo Young, Benjamin Reichman, Taihei Ouchi, John Koch, and William Mays, Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,830,736 (20041214), Apparatus for carrying out a heterogeneously catalyzed reaction, Oskar Lamla and Martin Schussler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,830,782 (20041214), Hydrophilic polymer treatment of an activated polymeric material and use thereof, Hitoshi Kanazawa (JP).

U.S. 6,830,822 (20041214), Inorganic colors and related nanotechnology, Tapesh Yadav, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 6,830,840 (20041214), Operation method for polymer electrolytic fuel cell, Kazuhito Hatoh, Osamu Sakai, Hideo Ohara, Junji Niikura, Hisaaki Gyoten, Toshihiro Matsumoto, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,841 (20041214), Fuel cell system and method of controlling the same, Kazuo Saito, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,842 (20041214), Hydrogen purged motor for anode re-circulation blower, James S. Siepierski and Ulrich Dumke, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,830,843 (20041214), Method for controlling the quality of the coolant for fuel cell systems, Anton Sonntag, Josef Sonntag, and Hubert Urban, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,830,844 (20041214), Reversing air flow across a cathode for a fuel cell, Kevin R. Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,830,845 (20041214), Cylindrical battery and method and device for manufacturing thereof, Yasuhiko Shoji, Seiji Wada, Shigeto Noya, Tadahiro Sawada, Takayuki Aoi, Minoru Koda, Saburo Nakatsuka, and Tsutomu Moriwaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,846 (20041214), Discontinuous cathode sheet halfcell web, David C. Kramlich and Alan P. Miller, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,830,847 (20041214), Zinc/air cell, Karthik Ramaswami, Daniel Gibbons, and Keith Buckle, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,830,848 (20041214), Molded electrode, method for production thereof, and secondary battery using thereof, Masaki Fujiwara, Yuji Nakagawa, Masato Kurosaki, Shinako Kaneko, Gaku Harada, and Toshihiko Nishiyama, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,830,849 (20041214), High crystalline polypropylene microporous membrane, multi-component microporous membrane and methods for preparing the same, Sang-Young Lee, Byeong-In Ahn, Sung-Gap Im, Soon-Yong Park, Heon-Sik Song, and You-Jin Kyung, LG Chemical Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,831,443 (20041214), Power adapter assembly for portable electrical device, Chien-Te Liu, Primax Electronics, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,831,826 (20041214), Polarized electrode for electric double-layer condenser, and electric double-layer condenser manufactured using the same, and process for manufacturing electrode sheet for electric double-layer condenser, and laminating apparatus, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, Kenichi Murakami, Kouki Ozaki, and Masanori Tsutsui, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Daido Metal Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,832,171 (20041214), Circuit and method for determining battery impedance increase with aging, Evgenij Barsoukov, Dan R. Poole, and David L. Freeman, Texas Instruments Inc.

U.S. 6,832,565 (20041221), Pulse gasification and hot gas cleanup apparatus and process, Ravi Chandran and Momtaz N. Mansour, Manufacturing & Technology Conversion, Inc.

U.S. 6,832,645 (20041221), Compact precooler, Peter F. Foley, James R. Geschwindt, William T. Unkert, and Antonio M. Vincitore, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,832,647 (20041221), Integrated condenser/separator for fuel cell exhaust gases, Mark G. Voss, Nicholas Siler, Gregory A. Mross, Joseph R. Stevenson, and Alan P. Meissner, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 6,832,735 (20041221), Post-processed nanoscale powders and method for such post-processing, Tapesh Yadav and Karl Pfaffenbach, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 6,833,009 (20041221), Method of fabrication of composite electrodes in lithium ion battery and cells, Jose E. Gonzalez and Steven D. Cochran, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,833,010 (20041221), Prismatic battery module and method for manufacturing the same, Takashi Asahina, Shinji Hamada, Toyohiko Eto, and Toshiyuki Sekimori, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,118 (20041221), Hydrogen storage bed system including an integrated thermal management system, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, Yang Li, Vitaliy Myasnikov, and Valeriy Sobolev, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 6,833,126 (20041221), Method and apparatus for reforming fuel, Hideaki Komaki and Kunio Matsui, Industries Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,833,167 (20041221), Methanol fuel cell comprising a membrane which conducts metal cations, Jiri Divisek, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,833,204 (20041221), Method of operating phosphoric acid fuel cell, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Shuji Sato, Masahiro Ise, and Takafumi Okamoto, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,205 (20041221), Electrochemical cell system output control method and apparatus, A. John Speranza and Lawrence C. Moulthrop Jr., Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,833,207 (20041221), Unitized regenerative fuel cell with bifunctional fuel cell humidifier and water electrolyzer, Nathanial Ian Joos, David Frank, and Joseph Cargnelli, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 6,833,208 (20041221), Fuel cell system, Yasunori Kotani, Kiyoshi Kasahara, and Hikaru Okada, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,209 (20041221), Fuel-cell co-generation system, of electrical energy and hot water, Osamu Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Osada, and Takashi Ishikawa, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,210 (20041221), Fuel cell, Hideaki Kikuchi, Narutoshi Sugita, Seiji Sugiura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Toshiya Wakahoi, and Keisuke Andou, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,211 (20041221), Fuel cell stack having a reduced volume, Deliang Yang, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,833,212 (20041221), Electrolyte for a fuel cell, Yoocharn Jeon and Alfred I-Tsung Pan, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,833,213 (20041221), Separator for a fuel cell, Mikio Wada, Toshiyuki Inagaki, Yuichi Yagami, and Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,214 (20041221), Multiple uneven plate and separator using multiple uneven plate, Jun Funatsu, Tomomi Funatsu, Kouichi Ikushima, and Kouji Shimoda, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,833,215 (20041221), Alkaline cell with flat housing, David Anglin, Mark Ashbolt, Anthony Malgioglio, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Matthew Sylvestre, Philip Trainer, and Robert A. Yoppolo, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,833,216 (20041221), Method of manufacturing a sulfated paste for use in a lead acid cell, Shawn W. Snyder and Leland M. Gillman, GP Batteries International, Ltd. (SG).

U.S. 6,833,217 (20041221), Battery cathode, Douglas J. Woodnorth, Peter B. Harris, Gregory A. Fariss, and Barbara Brys, Duracell Inc.

U.S. 6,833,218 (20041221), Direct cast lead alloy strip for expanded metal battery plate grids, Gamdur Singh Mann, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,833,219 (20041221), Polymer electrolytes and lithium secondary battery containing the same, Yong-boom Lee, Chool-soo Jung, and Kyoung-hee Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,833,220 (20041221), Electrolyte for secondary battery and secondary battery, Shoichi Yokoyama, Masataka Wakihara, Takao Kobayashi, and Kentaro Suwa, NOF Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,833,412 (20041221), Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture, Steven J. Hamrock, Naiyong Jing, Shane S. Mao, and L. Charles Hardy, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,833,426 (20041221), Halogenated aromatic compound, (co)polymer thereof, and proton-conductive membrane comprising same, Yoshitaka Yamakawa, Masayuki Takahashi, and Kohei Goto, JSR Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,833,656 (20041221), Electro active devices, Anthony Hooley, David Henry Pearce, Ursula Ruth Lenel, Gareth McKevitt, and Mark Richard Shepherd, 1Limited (GB).

U.S. 6,833,683 (20041221), Universal battery charger apparatus, Harry L. Winkler.

U.S. 6,833,685 (20041221), Battery charger with standby mode, Geoffrey S. Howard, Edward A. Harrison, Nathan J. Cruise, Christopher R. Held, Robert A. Usselman, and Thomas J. Garland, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 6,833,686 (20041221), Circuit and method of operation for an adaptive charge rate power supply, Dusan Veselic, Michael F. Habicher, Jacek S. Idzik, and Jonathan T. Malton, Research In Motion Ltd (CA).

U.S. 6,833,692 (20041221), Method and apparatus for maintaining an approximate constant current output characteristic in a switched mode power supply, Balu Balakrishnan, Alex B. Djenguerian, Kent Wong, David Michael Hugh Matthews, and Erdem Bircan, Power Integrations, Inc.

U.S. 6,833,707 (20041221), Method and apparatus for characterizing high-energy electrochemical cells using power functions obtained from calorimetry, Jeffery R. Dahn, Dean D. MacNeil, and Timothy D. Hatchard, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,833,709 (20041221), Low loss fuel cell configuration, Chenggang Xie, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,833,792 (20041221), Battery capacity indicator in a portable computing device, Steven G. Smith, Lawrence E.. Ertley, Robert H. Willis Jr., Curt Kaloustian, and Roland T. Morton Jr., Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corp.

U.S. 6,833,983 (20041221), Current limiting super capacitor charger, Don J. Nguyen and Thovane Solivan, Intel Corp.

U.S. 6,834,424 (20041228), Battery assembling method, John K. Shannon, Mitek Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 6,834,508 (20041228), Hydrogen storage and supply system, Keith Bradley, Jeff Wyatt, Seung-Hoon Jhi, Young-Kyun Kwon, Jean Christophe Gabriel, and George Gruner, Nanomix, Inc.

U.S. 6,834,623 (20041228), Portable hydrogen generation using metal emulsions, Christopher T. Cheng.

U.S. 6,834,674 (20041228), Pressure vessel with an integrated control unit for the control of compressed fluid, Arthur E. Koschany (DE) and Jan Gobelsmann (DE).

U.S. 6,834,688 (20041228), Fuel gas filling system, Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, and Masaru Shibasawa, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,834,715 (20041228), Apparatus for cooling a battery in an outdoor equipment cabinet, Marvin P. Garcia and Michael R. Cosley.

U.S. 6,834,831 (20041228), Hybrid solid oxide fuel cell aircraft auxiliary power unit, David Daggett, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 6,835,099 (20041228), Electric cell connecting apparatus for hybrid electric vehicle, Jae-Hwan Lim, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR).

U.S. 6,835,214 (20041228), Process for the production of non-aqueous electrolyte battery, Shinya Kitano and Masahiro Tagawa, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,215 (20041228), Non-aqueous secondary battery and a method of manufacturing graphite powder, Hidetoshi Honbo, Seiji Takeuchi, Hideto Momose, Tatsuo Horiba, Yasushi Muranaka, and Yoshito Ishii, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,219 (20041228), Rapid startup of fuel processor using water adsorption, Craig S. Gittleman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,835,226 (20041228), Negative electrode active material, method of producing the same, and nonaqueous electrolyte cell, Takatomo Nishino, Hiroaki Tanizaki, and Hiroshi Inoue, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,228 (20041228), Process of recovering valuable metals from waste secondary batteries, Jiunn-Ren Lin, I-Long Chang, Yu-Lin Jiang, and Jer-Yuan Shiu, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 6,835,332 (20041228), Process for producing an electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, an electrode structural body for a rechargeable lithium battery, process for producing said electrode structural body, a rechargeable lithium battery in which said electrode structural body is used, and a process for producing said rechargeable lithium battery, Tomoya Yamamoto, Soichiro Kawakami, and Hiroya Umeyama, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,835,354 (20041228), Integrated reactor, Richard Woods, Kundaswamy Duraiswamy, and Shawn Barge, Hyradix, Inc.

U.S. 6,835,360 (20041228), Compact endothermic catalytic reaction apparatus, David W. Warren, Harvest Energy Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,835,477 (20041228), Fuel cell with cooling system based on direct injection of liquid water, Massimo Brambilla and Gabriele Mazzucchelli, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe Srl (IT).

U.S. 6,835,478 (20041228), Method and apparatus for fuel cell system fault detection, John Zhongzhi Hu, Nishith Pramod Vora, and George Charles Goodman, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,835,479 (20041228), System and method for shutting down a fuel cell power plant, Ryan J. Balliet and Carl A. Reiser, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,835,480 (20041228), Method of using a temporary dilute surfactant water solution to enhance mass transport in a fuel cell, Emily A. Dykeman, Patrick L. Hagans, and Leslie L. Van Dine, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,835,481 (20041228), Fuel cell system with load management, Anthony J. Dickman and David J. Edlund, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,835,482 (20041228), Fuel reforming apparatus for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, Koichi Kawamoto, Masatoshi Tanaka, and Michizo Miyoshi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,835,483 (20041228), Method and apparatus for controlling a combined heat and power fuel cell system, Arne W. Ballantine, Ryan Hallum, John W. Parks, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,835,484 (20041228), Supersonic vapor compression and heat rejection cycle, Gerald W. Fly, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,835,485 (20041228), Solid oxide fuel cell having a supported electrolyte film, Kenji Ukai and Yasunobu Mizutani, Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,486 (20041228), SOFC stack with thermal compression, Dennis Prediger, Martin Perry, and Scott Sherman, Fuelcell Energy, Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 6,835,487 (20041228), Stainless steel separator for fuel cells, method for making the same, and solid polymer fuel cell including the same, Kenji Takao, Takeshi Yokota, Osamu Furukimi, Shin Ishikawa, Kazuhide Ishii, and Shigeru Takano, JFE Steel Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,488 (20041228), Fuel cell with patterned electrolyte/electrode interface, Jun Sasahara, Suk Won Cha, Amy Chang-Chien, Tadahiro Kubota, Nariaki Kuriyama, Sang-Joon J. Lee, Yaocheng Liu, Ryan O’Hayre, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Yuji Saito, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Stanford University.

U.S. 6,835,489 (20041228), Double layer oxygen electrode and method of making, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Hong Wang, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 6,835,490 (20041228), Alloy for hydrogen storage, method for absorption and release of hydrogen using the alloy, and hydrogen fuel cell using the method, Masuo Okada and Takahiro Kuriiwa, Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,491 (20041228), Battery having a built-in controller, Vladimir Gartstein and Dragan Danilo Nebrigic, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

U.S. 6,835,492 (20041228), Method for forming lithium metal anode protective layer for lithium battery and lithium battery having such protective layer, Chung-kun Cho and Do-young Seung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,835,493 (20041228), Thin film battery, Ji-Guang Zhang, Steve Buckingham, and Lonnie G. Johnson, Excellatron Solid State, LLC.

U.S. 6,835,494 (20041228), Cover for secondary battery, Toshiharu Hayashi, Masaaki Fukumoto, and Tomohiro Kato, Wako Electronics Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,495 (20041228), Pentacyclic anion salts or tetrazapentalene derivatives and their uses as ionic conducting materials, Christophe Michot, Michel Armand, Michel Gauthier, and Yves Choquette, Hydro-Quebec (CA) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR).

U.S. 6,835,496 (20041228), Negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and processes for its manufacture, Hideya Kaminaka, Masaru Abe, Noriyuki Negi, Yoshiaki Nitta, Harunari Shimamura, and Kazuhiro Okamura, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd (JP) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,497 (20041228), Nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery, Takeshi Ogasawara, Mitsunori Tokuda, Mutsumi Yano, and Shin Fujitani, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,498 (20041228), Nickel hydroxide electrode for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery, Mitsunori Tokuda, Takeshi Ogasawara, Mutsumi Yano, and Shin Fujitani, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,835,499 (20041228), Negative electrode formulation for a low toxicity zinc electrode having additives with redox potentials positive to zinc potential, Jeffrey Phillips, PowerGenix, Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,835,500 (20041228), Hydrated iron phosphate electrode materials for rechargeable lithium battery cell systems, Christian Masquelier, Mathieu Morcrette, Priscilla Reale, and Calin Wurm, Rutgers University.

U.S. 6,835,501 (20041228), Alkaline rechargeable battery, Nobuyasu Morishita, Toshifumi Ueda, and Akihiro Taniguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,835,684 (20041228), Ceramic material and the production thereof, Frank Tietz, Wolfgand Jungen, Frank Meschke, and Rajendra Nath Basu, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,836,095 (20041228), Battery charging method and apparatus, John Kenneth Fogg, Semtech Corp.

U.S. 6,836,096 (20041228), Method of calculating capacity of intelligent battery, intelligent battery and portable electronic device, Shigefumi Odaohhara, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,836,097 (20041228), Power supply for a pulsed load, Geoffrey Alan Turner, George Lange Paul, Sarkis Keshishian, and Peter John Mahon, Energy Storage Systems Pty Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,836,098 (20041228), Battery charging method using supercapacitors at two stages, Robert Neville O’Brien (CA).

U.S. 6,836,122 (20041228), Deterioration degree calculating apparatus and deterioration degree calculating method for a battery, Kazuo Tojima, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,836,123 (20041228), Sensor for electro-active materials, Zhigang Qi, Chunzhi He, and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp