U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1292 (March 2005)

U.S. 6,860,135 (20050301), Method for removing strain from press-formed workpiece, and forming press, Naoki Yoshioka, Kenichi Kusunoki, Yuichi Yagami, Mikio Wada, and Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha ().

U.S. 6,860,349 (20050301), Cooling system for fuel cell powered vehicle and fuel cell powered vehicle employing the same, Takayuki Ogawa, Mitsuharu Imaseki, Takeshi Ushio, Katsumi Saitou, and Mamoru Yoshikawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,860,729 (20050301), Compressor having main and adjustable balancer portions, Masato Sowa, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Takahiro Moroi, and Tsutomu Nasuda, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,860,923 (20050301), Onboard hydrogen storage unit with heat transfer system for use in a hydrogen powered vehicle, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Rosa Young, Yang Li, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 6,860,976 (20050301), Electrochemical apparatus with retractable electrode, Craig C. Andrews, Oliver J. Murphy, and Brian Boyd, Lynntech International, Ltd.

U.S. 6,860,982 (20050301), Zinc oxide with acicular structure, process for its production, and photoelectric conversion device, Hiroshi Okura, Tohru Den, and Kaoru Konakahara, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,861,132 (20050301), Porous polypropylene film, process for producing the same, and absorbent article employing the film, Naoki Ikeda, Kiyoshi Sadamitsu, Manabu Hoki, Kenichiro Nagata, and Toshiaki Kobayashi, New Japan Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,861,151 (20050301), Reinforced designed cellular coal, Darren Kenneth Rogers and Janusz Wladyslaw Plucinski, Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.

U.S. 6,861,166 (20050301), Fuel cell system, Peter Sohmer, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,861,167 (20050301), Fuel cell resuscitation method and apparatus, Brian Wells, Tan Duc Uong, Charles Joseph Schembri, Gregory A James, George Alexander Skinner, and Benno Giesecke, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,861,168 (20050301), Hydrogen supply device, Toshiaki Shimada and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,861,169 (20050301), Cogeneration of power and heat by an integrated fuel cell power system, Mark R. Hagan, Matthew H. Dorson, Lawrence G. Clawson, and Michael Leschiner, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,861,170 (20050301), Volumetric micro batteries, David H. Lewis Jr., John J. Waypa, Erik K. Antonsson, and Charles D. E. Lakeman, Northrop Grumman Corp., TPL, Inc., and California Institute of Technology.

U.S. 6,861,171 (20050301), Gasket assembly, Daisuke Suzuki, Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership.

U.S. 6,861,172 (20050301), Current-collecting structure in fuel cell system, Teruyuki Ohtani, Masao Utsunomiya, and Makoto Tsuji, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,861,173 (20050301), Catalyst layer edge protection for enhanced MEA durability in PEM fuel cells, Sompalli Bhaskar, Hubert Gasteiger, and Brian A. Litteer.

U.S. 6,861,174 (20050301), Electrochemical cell with low volume cover assembly, James X. Wu and Robert E. Ray Jr., Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,861,175 (20050301), Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Masahiro Sekino, Asako Satoh, Masashi Fujiwara, and Hiroyuki Hasebe, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,861,205 (20050301), Three dimensional microstructures and method of making, Lawrence E. Bowman and Glen C. Dunham, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,861,387 (20050301), Noble metal-containing supported catalyst and a process for its preparation, Karsten Ruth, Peter Biberbach, and Karl Anton Starz, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,861,489 (20050301), Low equivalent weight ionomer, Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, and Xin Kang Chen, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 6,861,821 (20050301), Battery with resin integrated resin substrate, Kenjin Masumoto, Katsumi Kozu, and Kunio Tsuruta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,861,822 (20050301), Battery charger having attached base, Jose Wei.

U.S. 6,861,823 (20050301), Charging circuit for controlling a charging parameter of a rechargeable battery, Constantin Bucur, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 6,861,824 (20050301), Charger system with dual-level current regulation and dual-level thermal regulation, Kwang H. Liu, Sorin L Negru, and Fu-Yuan Shih, Arquesttechnology, Inc.

U.S. 6,861,842 (20050301), Method for determining the amount of charge which can still be drawn from an energy storage battery, and an energy storage battery, Peter Baeuerlein, Frank Helkmer, Eberhard Meissner, and Ingo Koch, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,862,164 (20050301), Circuit protection arrangement, Takashi Hasunuma, Naofumi Miyasaka, Masatoshi Sakamoto, and Takashi Sato, Tyco Electronics Raychem KK (JP).

U.S. 6,862,167 (20050301), Electrolyte composition for electric double-layer capacitor, solid polymer electrolyte, composition for polarized electrode, polarizable electrode, and electric double-layer capacitor, Kimiyo Banno and Takaya Sato, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,862,168 (20050301), Organic electrolyte capacitor, Nobuo Ando, Shinichi Tasaki, Hiromoto Taguchi, and Yukinori Hato, Kanebo, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,862,330 (20050301), Systems and methods of producing hydrogen using a nuclear reactor, Charles E. Boardman and Allen E. Dubberley, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,862,801 (20050308), Systems, apparatus and methods for isolating, compressing and/or retaining the structure of a fuel cell stack, Graham Edward Hill, Ross William Johnston Bailey, Rae Hartwell, and Uwe Pfister, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,863,268 (20050308), Dew point humidifier (DPH) and related gas temperature control, Chaojiong Zhang.

U.S. 6,863,522 (20050308), Method for introducing fuel and/or thermal energy into a gas stream, Stefan Boneberg, Thomas Hoeger, and Michael Schonert, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,863,838 (20050308), Zwitterionic imides, Steven Joseph Hamrock, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,863,851 (20050308), Process for making angstrom scale and high aspect functional platelets, Karl Josephy, James P. Rettker, and Howard H. Enlow, Avery Dennison Corp.

U.S. 6,863,876 (20050308), Manganese dioxide for alkaline cells, Stuart M. Davis, William L Bowden, Peter R. Moses, and Thomas C. Richards, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,863,899 (20050308), Composite shaped bodies and methods for their production and use, Antony Koblish, Ronald Sapieszko, David Dychala, and Erik Erbe, Vita Special Purpose Corp.

U.S. 6,863,942 (20050308), Free-standing and aligned carbon nanotubes and synthesis thereof, Zhifeng Ren, Zhongping Huang, Jui H. Wang, and Dezhi Wang, The Research Foundation of State University of New York.

U.S. 6,864,000 (20050308), Shutdown procedure to improve startup at sub-freezing temperatures, Gennady Resnick and Carl A. Reiser, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,864,001 (20050308), Tetramethyl orthocarbonate fuel cells and systems and methods related thereto, Jiujun Zhang and Kevin Colbow, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,864,002 (20050308), Fuel cell system and method for producing electrical energy, Christopher K. Dyer.

U.S. 6,864,003 (20050308), Control device for fuel cell, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshikazu Murakami, Masanori Hayashi, and Satoshi Aoyagi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,864,004 (20050308), Direct methanol fuel cell stack, Mahlon S Wilson and John C. Ramsey, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,864,005 (20050308), Membrane exchange humidifier for a fuel cell, Alexander Douglas Mossman, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,864,006 (20050308), Proton-conducting membrane, method for producing the same, and fuel cell using the same, Itaru Honma, Shigeki Nomura, Toshiya Sugimoto, and Osamu Nishikawa, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP), Itaru Honma (JP), and Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,864,007 (20050308), Corrosion resistant coated fuel cell plate with graphite protective barrier and method of making the same, Zafar Iqbal, Dave Narasimhan, James V Guiheen, and Timothy Rehg, Hybrid Power Generation Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,864,008 (20050308), Separator for a fuel cell and manufacturing method of the separator, Kazuhiko Otawa, Shoji Kato, and Katsunori Sugita, Nippon Pilllar Packing Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,864,009 (20050308), Single cell and stack structure for solid oxide fuel cell stacks, Young Sung Yoo, Young Hee Han, and Thae Kapp Kang, Korea Electric Power Co. (KR).

U.S. 6,864,010 (20050308), Apparatus of high power density fuel cell layer with micro for connecting to an external load, Gerard Francis McLean, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 6,864,011 (20050308), Fuel-cell electrode and method of manufacturing the fuel-cell electrode, Tatsuya Kawahara, Seiji Mizuno, Takahiko Asaoka, Yu Morimoto, and Kazuo Kawahara, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,864,012 (20050308), Recombinator for the re-acidification of an electrolyte stream in a flowing electrolyte zinc-bromine battery, Gerd Tomazic (AT).

U.S. 6,864,013 (20050308), Monoblock battery assembly with cross-flow cooling, Philippe Gow, Anthony Osgood, Dennis A. Corrigan, Lin R. Higley, Marshall D Muller, Stanford R Ovshinsky, and Rajeev Puttaiah, Chevron Texaco Technology Ventures, LLC.

U.S. 6,864,014 (20050308), Connecting structure of conductive connecting tab of battery, Yoshiyuki Sasaki and Yasuyuki Suzuki, NEC Tokin Tochigi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,864,015 (20050308), Anti-rotation terminal connection assembly, David R. Peterson and Anthony Quagliato, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,864,016 (20050308), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Atsushi Ueda, Kumiko Sonoda, and Kazuya Iwamoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,864,017 (20050308), Method of preparing lithium complex salts for use in electrochemical cells, Andrei Leonov, Armin de Meijere, and Michael Schmidt, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,864,018 (20050308), Battery with a controlled release anode, John Huang, Jean Liu, and Leon Wu, Nanotek Instruments, Inc.

U.S. 6,864,204 (20050308), Fuel electrode for solid electrolyte fuel cells and a method for manufacture of the electrode, Masamichi Ippommatsu, Minoru Suzuki, Hirokazu Sasaki, Shoji Otoshi, and Hisao Ohnishi, Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,864,328 (20050308), Process for preparing polyether poly(N-substituted urethane), Si-Tae Noh, Jung-Ohk Kweon, and Hee Sung Choi, Hanyank Hak Won Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,864,353 (20050308), Production process for ethylene oxide copolymer, Michiyuki Kono, Manabu Kikuta, Masahito Nishiura, Fumihide Tamura, Taketo Toba, Shigetaka Takamiya, Koichiro Saeki, Kazuo Takei, Toshiaki Kuriyama, and Masashi Yukitake, Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (JP) and Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,864,469 (20050308), Apparatus and method for fabricating dry cells into batteries using R F induction heating, Jeffrey R. Chaskin.

U.S. 6,864,664 (20050308), Circuit for charging supplemental battery in portable electronic device, Graham Clift, Sony Corp. (JP) and Sony Electronics Inc.

U.S. 6,864,665 (20050308), Battery state monitoring device and electronic device fitted with such device, Shinichi Yoshida, Eastman Kodak Co.

U.S. 6,864,666 (20050308), 4 and 3 series battery stack voltage power source selector, John J. Breen, Christian L. Critz, and Brent A. McDonald, Dell Products LP.

U.S. 6,864,688 (20050308), Apparatus and method of monitoring insulation of a DC network that is electrically insulated with respect to the ground potential of a device, Klaus Beutelschiess and Karl-Heinz Landenberger, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,865,049 (20050308), Methods, systems and devices for converting the kinetic energy of a rotating disk drive spindle motor into electrical energy to charge a rechargeable battery, Raffi Codilian and Timothy A. Ferris, Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,865,068 (20050308), Carbonaceous material, its production process and electric double layer capacitor employing it, Kazuyuki Murakami, Yasuhiro Mogi, Kazuteru Tabayashi, Toru Shimoyama, Kazuhiko Yamada, and Yasuo Shinozaki, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP) and JFE Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,865,080 (20050308), Compact fluid cooled power converter supporting multiple circuit boards, Lawrence D. Radosevich, Andreas A. Meyer, Bruce C. Beihoff, and Daniel G. Kannenberg, Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,866,091 (20050315), Device for vaporizing and/or superheating a combustible, Rainer Autenrieth, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 6,866,107 (20050315), Method and device for battery load sharing, John David Heinzmann, John B. Morrell, and David W. Robinson, DEKA Products Limited Partnership.

U.S. 6,866,272 (20050315), Sealing resin-metal assembly, Keisuke Andou, Masajiro Inoue, Daisuke Okonogi, and Tadashi Nishiyama, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,866,302 (20050315), Connecting structure for hose with corrugated metal tube, Norihiko Furata, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,866,527 (20050315), Connector assembly for electrical signal transfer among multiple devices, Patrick Potega.

U.S. 6,866,689 (20050315), Aqueous borohydride compositions, Charles A. Lumsden and Thomas Hugh Evans, Montgomery Chemicals, LLC.

U.S. 6,866,698 (20050315), Hydrogen purification apparatus, Albert William Erickson and Richard Mark Paczewski, Johnson Matthey Public Ltd. Co. (GB).

U.S. 6,866,701 (20050315), Oxygen enrichment of indoor human environments, Udi Meirav.

U.S. 6,866,799 (20050315), Water-soluble electrically conductive composition, modifications, and applications thereof, Wyatt B. Orsbon, Rex A. Hodge, and Rolf R. Becker, Anuvu, Inc.

U.S. 6,866,835 (20050315), Energy production, storage and delivery system, Neville Charles Stephenson, Protegy Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 6,866,836 (20050315), Method of generating hydrogen from borohydrides and water, Scott Willis Jorgensen, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,866,885 (20050315), Process for producing thin film metal oxide coated substrates, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,866,901 (20050315), Method for edge sealing barrier films, Paul E. Burrows, J. Chris Pagano, Eric S. Mast, Peter M. Martin, Gordon L. Graff, and Mark E. Gross, Vitex Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,866,950 (20050315), Methods and apparatuses for gas separation by pressure swing adsorption with partial gas product feed to fuel cell power source, Denis J. Connor, Bowie G. Keefer, Christopher R. McLean, Shanna D. Knights, and Jean St-Pierre, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,866,951 (20050315), Compact precooler and cooling process, Peter F. Foley, James R. Geschwindt, William T. Unkert, and Antonio M. Vincitore, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,866,952 (20050315), Apparatus and method for controlling undesired water and fuel transport in a fuel cell, John A. Corey and Gerbard Beckmann, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,866,953 (20050315), Fuel cell power plant, Takanori Hiyoshi and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,866,954 (20050315), Fuel cell stack and a method of supplying reactant gases to the fuel cell stack, Katsumi Hayashi, Hideo Okamoto, and Hideo Kato, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,866,955 (20050315), Cooling system for a fuel cell stack, James H. Lee and Glenn W. Skala, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,866,956 (20050315), Fuel cell, Narutoshi Sugita and Seiji Sugiura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,866,957 (20050315), Solid oxide fuel cell as well as a method of manufacturing said solid oxide fuel cell, Carsten Bagger and Randi Bagger, Forskningscenter Riso (DK).

U.S. 6,866,958 (20050315), Ultra-low loadings of Au for stainless steel bipolar plates, Gayatri Vyas, Yang-Tse Cheng, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, and Youssef M. Mikhail, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,866,959 (20050315), Fuel cell, Hideaki Kikuchi, Narutoshi Sugita, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Tadashi Nishiyama, and Keisuke Andou, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,866,960 (20050315), Electrodes for fuel cell and processes for producing the same, Naohiro Tsumura, Shuji Hitomi, and Hideo Yasuda, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,866,961 (20050315), Lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Akio Enomoto, Kenji Kawamura, Kenshin Kitoh, and Toshihiro Yoshida, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,866,962 (20050315), Sealed rechargeable battery, Dieter Bechtold and Uwe Kohler, Varta Automotive Systems GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,866,963 (20050315), Cathode active material and lithium battery employing the same, Do-Young Seung, Won-cheol Jung, Chil-hoon Do, and Sung-in Moon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,866,964 (20050315), Secondary battery, Kentaro Nakahara, Masaharu Satoh, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Hiroshi Yageta, Yutaka Bannai, Yukiko Morioka, and Etsuo Hasegawa, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,866,965 (20050315), Polymeric electrolyte and lithium battery employing the same, Jin-young Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,866,966 (20050315), Non-aqueous secondary battery having enhanced discharge capacity retention, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Koji Abe, Tsutomu Takai, Yasuo Matsumori, and Akira Ueki, Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,867,159 (20050315), Application of an ionomer layer to a substrate and products related thereto, Guy Ebbrell and John Gaffney, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,867,273 (20050315), Vinylidene fluoride polymers, process for manufacturing them and use thereof, Thierry Lannuzel, Vincent Meunier, Regis Faig, and Olivier Vidberg, Solvay (Societe Anonyme) (BE).

U.S. 6,867,512 (20050315), Actuator having a permanent magnet, Gilles Delaire and Frederic Gagnon, Siemens VDO Automotive Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,867,567 (20050315), Battery state monitoring circuit, Hiroyasu Yokota and Atsushi Sakurai, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,867,568 (20050315), Battery finish charge device, John Olson, Timothy L. Feaver, and Philip C. Lyman.

U.S. 6,867,595 (20050315), Verification system for verifying authenticity of a battery and method thereof, Kuan-Hua Chen, BenQ Corp. (TW).

U.S. 6,867,604 (20050315), Apparatus for accurately measuring battery voltage, David P. Haldeman and Edde Tin Shek Tang, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,868,318 (20050315), Method for adjusting battery power limits in a hybrid electric vehicle to provide consistent launch characteristics, William R. Cawthorne and Gregory A. Hubbard, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,868,890 (20050322), Method and apparatus for peeling a thin film from a liner, Donald Ivan Hirsch, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,869,309 (20050322), Enclosed battery assembly for an uninterruptible power supply, William Ziegler and Michael Lysik, American Power Conversion.

U.S. 6,869,310 (20050322), Battery connector, Eiji Fukuda, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,456 (20050322), Method for starting a fast light-off catalytic fuel reformer, Michael R. Salemi, Jonathon R .Bennett, Richard Nashbur, John Kirwan, Ather A. Quader, and James M. Haller, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,469 (20050322), Gas-liquid separator for fuel cell system, Trevor T. Grover and Jameson R. Forte, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,869,546 (20050322), Carbon materials, electrodes and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells, Katsunori Yanagida, Atsushi Yanai, Takeshi Maeda, Yoshinori Kida, Atsuhiro Funahashi, Toshiyuki Nohma, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,547 (20050322), Stabilized electrochemical cell active material, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saldi, and Jeffrey L. Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,577 (20050322), Systems and methods for purifying exhaust gas emission from fuel reforming device, Shigeru Ogino, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,869,580 (20050322), Pyrolysis-based fuel processing method and apparatus, Marek A. Wojtowicz, Michael A. Serio, Erik Kroo, and Eric M. Suuberg, Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,585 (20050322), Method and apparatus for supplying hydrogen and portable cassette for supplying hydrogen, Kiyoshi Otsuka, Kiyozumi Nakamura, and Kazuyuki Iizuka, Kiyoshi Otsuka (JP) and Uchiya Thermostat Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,586 (20050322), Method of preparing metal containing compounds using hydrodynamic cavitation, William R. Moser, Oleg V. Kozyuk, Josef Find, Sean Christian Emerson, and Ivo M Krausz, Five Star Technologies, Inc. and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

U.S. 6,869,704 (20050322), Enhancement of electrochemical cell performance, Zhigang Qi and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp.

U.S. 6,869,705 (20050322), Method and device for recovering water from a fuel cell, Pierre Charlat, L’Air LiquideSociete Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance (FR).

U.S. 6,869,706 (20050322), Alkoxylated alkyl ester and alcohol emulsion compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up, Ramesh Varadaraj and Paul Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.

U.S. 6,869,707 (20050322), Integrated fuel cell system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,869,708 (20050322), Means for measuring the liquid level in a reservoir for a fuel cell, Ronald J. Kelley, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Steven D. Pratt and Robert W. Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,709 (20050322), Fuel cell system with improved humidification system, Soichiro Shimotori, Yasuji Ogami, and Michael L. Perry, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,869,710 (20050322), Metal air cell system, George Tzong-Chyi Tzeng and Craig L. Cole, eVionyx, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,711 (20050322), Highly efficient electrochemical reaction device, Hung-Sen Twu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Chia Lin Wu, and Lieh-Hsi Lo, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 6,869,712 (20050322), Ion exchange system structure with a microtextured surface, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof, Laurie S. Mittelstadt and Joshua W. Smith, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,869,713 (20050322), Fuel cell, fuel cell generator, and equipment using the same, Tomoichi Kamo, Syuichi Oohara, Kenji Yamaga, Jinichi Imahashi, Masanori Yoshikawa, and Norio Yamada, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,714 (20050322), Electrode-membrane assembly and process for the preparation thereof, Yoshinori Nishiki, Takayuki Shimamune, Tsuneto Furuta, and Kyoji Kimoto, Permelec Electrode Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,715 (20050322), Ion conductive membrane for electrochemical application, Yolanda Alvarez-Gallego, Suzana Pereira Nunes, Kai Jakoby, and Javier de Abajo, GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,869,716 (20050322), Flow through gas separator, Jay K. Neutzler, MTI Microfuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 6,869,717 (20050322), Manifold for a fuel cell system, Joe Cargnelli and Jianming Ye, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 6,869,718 (20050322), Separator used for fuel cell, method for manufacturing the separator, and the fuel cell, Takashi Yasuo, Kiyoshi Hori, Yoshito Chikano, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,719 (20050322), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack, Kazuhito Hatoh, Eiichi Yasumoto, Kazufumi Nishida, Hisaaki Gyoten, Teruhisa Kanbara, Hideo Ohara, Makoto Uchida, Yasushi Sugawara, and Toshihiro Matsumoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,720 (20050322), Method and apparatus for maintaining compression of the active area in an electrochemical cell, Everett Anderson, Gregory A. Hanlon, and Thomas Skoczylas, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,721 (20050322), Process for producing gas diffusion electrode and electrochemical device, Minehisa Imazato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,722 (20050322), Hybrid thin film/thick film solid oxide fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same, Daniel A. Kearl, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,869,723 (20050322), Nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, Akira Yamaguchi, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,724 (20050322), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and positive electrode for the same, Kohei Suzuki, Kazunori Kubota, Akira Kuroda, Motoi Kawamura, Masao Fukunaga, and Tsumoru Ohata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,725 (20050322), Sealed battery, Masato Iwanaga, Syuichi Yamashita, Masanori Ogi, and Zensaku Yasutake, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,726 (20050322), Reinforced multilayer separator for lead-acid batteries, Jerry Zucker, Daramic, Inc.

U.S. 6,869,727 (20050322), Battery with high electrode interfacial surface area, Philip J. Slezak, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,869,728 (20050322), Method of manufacturing battery electrode substrate and battery electrode substrate, Hirofumi Sugikawa, Katayama Special Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,729 (20050322), Single component sulfur-based cathodes for lithium-ion batteries, John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, and Robert Corcoran.

U.S. 6,869,730 (20050322), Electrode material, method for preparing same, electrode, and battery comprising same, Keiko Matsubara, Toshiaki Tsuno, Akira Takamuku, and Kyou-Yoon Sheem, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,869,731 (20050322), Electrolytic solution and electrochemical cell using the same, Tomoki Nobuta, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Masato Kurosaki, Yuji Nakagawa, Shinako Kaneko, and Masaya Mitani, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,869,805 (20050322), Electrical connection passing through a dividing wall, Jan Kubisch and Manfred Reichl, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,869,980 (20050322), Polymer blend membranes for use in fuel cells, Wei Cui, Celanese Ventures GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,870,016 (20050322), Polymerization process and polymer composition, Terry J. Burkhardt, James R. Hart, William T. Haygood, and Robert T. Li, ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.

U.S. 6,870,018 (20050322), Vulcanizable flouroelastomer composition, Satoshi Tokuno, Hideya Saito, Tetsuya Higuchi, Satoshi Komatsu, and Satoshi Koyama, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,870,349 (20050322), Battery life estimator, Steven D. Cook, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 6,870,725 (20050322), Electric double layer capacitor and battery, Koji Sakata, Kazuya Mimura, Yutaka Nakazawa, and Satoshi Abe, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,871,151 (20050322), Electronic battery tester with network communication, Kevin I. Bertness, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,871,387 (20050329), Alligator clip structure, Wen Tsung Cheng (TW) and Wen Ho Cheng (TW).

U.S. 6,871,844 (20050329), Humidifier, Yi-Yie Yan, Jar-Lu Huang, Keh-Chyun Tsay, Falin Chen, and Hsin-Sen Chu, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 6,872,099 (20050329), Stamped battery terminal exhibiting a pivoting clamping mechanism, Gavril Cret, Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.

U.S. 6,872,102 (20050329), Portable power supply, William C. Cottle, Associated Equipment Corp.

U.S. 6,872,287 (20050329), Electrochemical cell, Gerard Francis McLean, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 6,872,330 (20050329), Chemical manufacture of nanostructured materials, Julia J. Mack, Lisa M. Viculis, and Richard B. Kaner, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,872,331 (20050329), Oxide ion conductor, manufacturing method therefor, and fuel cell using the same, Kiyoshi Kuroda, Takashi Yamada, Yoshitaka Tamo, and Kazunori Adachi, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,872,376 (20050329), Modified vanadium compound, producing method thereof, redox flow battery electrolyte composite and redox flow battery electrolyte producing method, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Muneo Mita, Ken Horikawa, Nobuyuki Tokuda, Masayuki Furuya, and Michiru Kubata, Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP), Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (JP), and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,872,379 (20050329), Method for the reformation of fuels, in particular heating oil, Thomas Zahringer and Alexander Schuler, Sulzer Hexis AG (CH).

U.S. 6,872,480 (20050329), Method for operating a fuel cell battery, Martin Kellerand Andreas Ruegge, Sulzer Hexis AG, Winterthur (CH).

U.S. 6,872,481 (20050329), Process for utilization of a cold-flame vaporizer in auto-thermal reforming of liquid fuel, Jader Matos da Silva and Ingo Hermann, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,872,482 (20050329), Low-temperature fuel cell assembly and method for the operation thereof, Ruud Rene Van Der Woude, Maarten Bracht, and Ronald Karel Antoine Maria Mallant, Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (NL).

U.S. 6,872,483 (20050329), Fuel cell stack, method of holding fuel cell stack under pressure, and separators, Seiji Sugiura, Naoyuki Enjoji, Hideaki Kikuchi, Narutoshi Sugita, and Yoshinori Wariishi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,872,484 (20050329), Humidifying system for a fuel cell, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Hiroshi Shimanuki, and Motohiro Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,872,485 (20050329), Sealing structure for fuel cell, Masajirou Inoue, Nobuaki Kimura, and Makoto Tsuji, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,872,486 (20050329), Scalable all-polymer fuel cell, Rengaswamy Srinivasan, Hassan M. Saffarian, and Surya Raghu, The Johns Hopkins University.

U.S. 6,872,487 (20050329), Fuel cell module and battery based thereon, Ziya Ramizovich Karichev, Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo Independent Power Technologies “IPT”(RU).

U.S. 6,872,488 (20050329), Storage battery, Tatsuya Hirano and Tadashi Tanaka, Miyagawa Kasei Industry Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,872,489 (20050329), Alkaline cell with gassing inhibitors, Edgar M. Armacanqui, Ernest Ndzebet, and Jeffrey Poirier, Rovcal, Inc.

U.S. 6,872,490 (20050329), Preparation for a cathode material by a two-step reduction/oxidation synthesis process, Randolph Leising and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,872,491 (20050329), Positive electrode active material and lithium ion secondary battery, Hideyuki Kanai, Motoya Kanda, and Koichi Kubo, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,872,492 (20050329), Sodium ion batteries, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Jeffrey L. Swoyer, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,872,493 (20050329), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous secondary battery, Manabu Yamada, Kyohei Usami, Naomi Awano, Naohiro Kubota, and Yasunori Takeuchi, Denso Corp. (JP) and Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,872,616 (20050329), Manufacturing method of polarizing property electrode for electrical double layer capacitor, and manufacturing method of electrode sheet for electrical double layer capacitor, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, Kenichi Murakami, Kenji Sato, Kouki Ozaki, and Masanori Tsutsui, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,872,681 (20050329), Modification of nanotubes oxidation with peroxygen compounds, Chunming Niu, David Moy, Jun Ma, and Asif Chishti, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 6,872,781 (20050329), Fluoropolymer resins containing ionic or ionizable groups and products containing the same, Lotfi Hedhli, Laurent Billon, Michel Foure, and Ramin Amin-Sanayei, Arkema Inc.

U.S. 6,873,134 (20050329), Autonomous battery cell balancing system with integrated voltage monitoring, Stanley Canter, Winnie Choy, and Robert Martinelli, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 6,873,135 (20050329), Battery pack and battery pack checking method, Toshiyuki Nakatsuji, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,873,157 (20050329), Method of and system for determining the remaining energy in a metal fuel cell, Stuart I. Smedley, Kenneth D. Vail, and Charles M. Holmes, Metallic Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,873,414 (20050329), Method and apparatus for the combinatorial preparation and testing of material libraries by photoacoustic analytical methods, Ferdi Schuth, Armin Brenner, and Stephan Andreas Schunk, hte Aktiengesellschaft (DE).