U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1293 (April 2005)

U.S. 6,874,352 (20050405), Method and apparatus for locating internal transfer leaks within fuel cell stacks, Zhaoyu Wang, Stephan Lutz, and Karl D. Inglehart, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,874,530 (20050405), Dosing unit and method for dosing liquid or gaseous educts for a fuel cell system, Michael Nau, Nikolaus Benninger, Marc Bareis, Frank Ilgner, and Horst Harndorf, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,874,999 (20050405), Micropumps with passive check valves, Xunhu Dai and Manuel Oliver, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,875,007 (20050405), Multiple port catalytic combustion device and method of operating same, William H. Pettit, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,875,244 (20050405), Method of producing electric cells using substance injection, Masato Kurosaki, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Yuji Nakagawa, Tomoki Nobuta, and Masaya Mitani, NEC Tokin Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,875,246 (20050405), Water vapor transfer device for fuel cell reformer, Steven Burch, Jameson R. Forte, and Mark A. Brundage, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,875,247 (20050405), Conditions for fluid separations in microchannels, capillary-driven fluid separations, and laminated devices capable of separating fluids, Ward E. TeGrotenhuis and Victoria S. Stenkamp, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,875,374 (20050405), Ceramic materials reinforced with single-wall carbon nanotubes as electrical conductors, Guodong Zhan, Joshua D. Kuntz, and Amiya K. Mukherjee, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,875,410 (20050405), Adsorbent for removing sulfur compounds from fuel gases and removal method, Shigeo Satokawa and Yuji Kobayashi, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,875,412 (20050405), Chemically modifying single wall carbon nanotubes to facilitate dispersal in solvents, John L. Margrave, Edward T. Mickelson, Robert Hauge, Peter Boul, Chad Huffman, Jie Liu, Richard E. Smalley, Ken Smith, and Daniel T. Colbert, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 6,875,416 (20050405), Method for producing lithium-transition metal mixtures, Mathias Benz, Wolfgang Kummer, Evelyn Pross, Josef Schmoll, Wolfgang Schweda, Daniel Duff, Ricarda Leiberich, Christoph Schild, Ulrich Krynitz, Juliane Meese-Marktscheffel, and Viktor Stoller, H. C. Starck GmbH & Co. (DE).

U.S. 6,875,417 (20050405), Catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons to hydrogen and high-value carbon, Naresh Shah, Devadas Panjala, and Gerald P Huffman, University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,875,480 (20050405), Method of enhancement of electrical conductivity for conductive polymer by use of field effect control, Tsung-Hsiung Wang and Jing-Pin Pan, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 6,875,528 (20050405), Ceramic composition, composite material, composite material production method, porous body, oxygen separator, and chemical reactor, Toru Nagai, Noriko Yamada, Wataru Ito, Hitoshi Dohnomae, and Tadashi Sakon, Nippon Steel Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,875,530 (20050405), Fuel cell and method of operating the same, Chiaki Kanai, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,875,531 (20050405), Fuel cell power supply device, Satoshi Aoyagi, Hibiki Saeki, Yusuke Hasegawa, and Kazuo Kotaka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,875,532 (20050405), Method for manufacturing a single high-temperature fuel cell and its components, Liliya Fedorovna Gorina (RU), Vladimir Vladimirovich Sevastyanov (RU), Vladimir Vitalievich Morozov (RU), Sergei Vasilievich Nikitin (RU), Alexander Sergeevich Lipilin (RU), Igor Vladimirovich Rodionov (RU), Alexander Vladimirovich Sevastyanov (RU), and Jury Grigorievich Yatluk (RU).

U.S. 6,875,533 (20050405), Fuel cell unit and composite block of fuel cells, Armin Diez, ElringKlinger AG (DE).

U.S. 6,875,534 (20050405), Polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition, Tsutomu Nakamura, Noriyuki Meguriya, and Hironao Fujiki, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,875,535 (20050405), Manifold for a fuel cell system, Jianming Ye, Ricardo Bazzarella, and Joseph Cargnelli, Hydrogenics Corporation (CA).

U.S. 6,875,536 (20050405), Catalytic hydrogen storage composite material and fuel cell employing same, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 6,875,537 (20050405), Membrane electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Masaki Tani, Kaoru Fukuda, Chikara Iwasawa, and Shigeru Inai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,875,538 (20050405), Electrode, method of producing the same, and solid-state high molecular weight electrolyte type fuel cell employing the electrode, Gang Xie, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP)

US 6,875,539 (20050405), Combination liquid dispenser and electrochemical cell, Heiner Ophardt (CA).

U.S. 6,875,540 (20050405), Lithium secondary battery, Hiroshi Nemoto, Teruhisa Kurokawa, and Kenshin Kitoh, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,875,541 (20050405), Electrochemical cell using indole-related compounds, Masaya Mitani, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Masato Kurosaki, Yuji Nakagawa, Tomoki Nobuta, and Shinako Kaneko, NEC Tokin Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,875,812 (20050405), Resin composition containing graft copolymer, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Minoru Sakata, and Goro Yamamoto, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,876,172 (20050405), Portable battery charge, Yuk Nam Lam and King Mo Shum, Jeckson Electric Co., Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 6,876,173 (20050405), Battery adapter for a cordless power tool system and related method, Thomas Mastaler, Paul G. Gross, Nathan May, and Fred S. Watts, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 6,876,174 (20050405), Method for dynamically measuring the state of health and charge of a car battery and device for implementing said method, Josep Samittier Marti, Manuel Puig Vidal, Oscar Ruiz Sanchez, Daniel Guasch Murillo, Jordi Bigorra Vives, and Jordi Giro Roca, Lear Automotive (EEDS) Spain, SL (ES).

U.S. 6,876,175 (20050405), Methods for determining the charge state and/or the power capacity of charge store, Eberhard Schoch, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,876,539 (20050405), Method for producing a composite electrode for electrochemical components, and a composite electrode, Hartmut Michel, Christoph Weber, and Klaus Schoch, Epcos AG (DE).

U.S. 6,876,602 (20050405), Electronic timepiece, information processing device, method of displaying charged condition of secondary cell, and computer product, Masakazu Ichikawa, Isao Kitazawa, Masao Sakuyama, and Tomio Okigami, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,877,216 (20050412), Heat-sealing machine, heat-sealing method, embossing method, work pressing machine and workpiece, Jun Fukuda, Masataka Okushita, Kazuki Yamada, Rikiya Yamashita, and Hiroshi Miyama, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,877,651 (20050412), Method of joining ceramic or graphite to metal with an alloy having high nickel or cobalt content, alloys for joining the same, and products formed therewith, Thomas A. Sandin.

U.S. 6,878,173 (20050412), Method for manufacturing electrode plate for cell, Masaharu Miyahisa, Hideyuki Kumakiri, Takehiko Matsunaga, and Koichi Kojima, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,878,226 (20050412), Continuous methods of making microporous battery separators, Wei-Ching Yu.

U.S. 6,878,244 (20050412), Filter-press type electrochemical reactor with bush inserts, Giancarlo Sioli, Casale Chemicals SA (CH).

U.S. 6,878,353 (20050412), Hydrogen storage bed system including an integrated thermal management system, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, Yang Li, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Valeriy Sobolev, and Farshad Bavarian, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 6,878,354 (20050412), Catalyst and process for exhaust purification, Kenro Mitsuda, Minoru Satou, Hiroaki Sigeoka, Ryoji Nishiyama, Yuji Kishimoto, Hideaki Katashiba, and Hirofumi Oouchi, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,878,362 (20050412), Fuel processor apparatus and method based on autothermal cyclic reforming, Ravi Vipperla Kumar and George N. Kastanas, General Electric Company.

U.S. 6,878,408 (20050412), Coating device and method using pick-and-place devices having equal or substantially equal periods, William K. Leonard and David W. Leonard, 3M Innovative Properties Company.

U.S. 6,878,458 (20050412), Metal foil for current collector of secondary battery and method of producing the same, Hirohisa Seto, Tadayuki Tamaki, Toshiaki Shiota, Ryoichi Noumi, Kunihiro Fukui, and Masanari Kimoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,878,471 (20050412), Process for the regeneration of reforming catalysts, Robert Burch, Stanislaw Edmund Golunski, Barry William Luke Southward, and David Wails, Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company (GB).

U.S. 6,878,472 (20050412), Air mass flow controller, Frederic Gagnon, Siemens Automotive Inc (CA).

U.S. 6,878,473 (20050412), Fuel cell power generating apparatus, and operating method and combined battery of fuel cell power generating apparatus, Takashi Yamauchi, Masahiro Takashita, Masato Akita, Norihiro Tomimatsu, and Yoshihiko Nakano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,878,474 (20050412), System and method for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system, Anthony J. Dickman, David J. Edlund, and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,878,475 (20050412), Membrane for fuel cell, and fuel cell incorporating that membrane, Michael Wixom, Hanwei Lei, Pu Zhang, and Junqing Ma, T/J Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,476 (20050412), Method and apparatus for alignment of fuel cell components, Gary .J DeAngelis and Arthur R. Williams, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,477 (20050412), Fuel cell flow field plate, David Frank, Xuesong Chen, Sonia Sorbera, and Nathaniel Ian Joos, Hydrogenics Corporation (CA).

U.S. 6,878,478 (20050412), Selective coatings for PEM fuel cell electrode contacts, Jinping Zhang, Rick D. Kerr, Charles D. Oakley, and David A. Thompson, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,479 (20050412), Tilted fuel cell apparatus, John F. Cooper, Nerine Cherepy, and Roger L. Krueger, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,878,480 (20050412), Electrochemical apparatus with reactant micro-channels, Robert C. Ruhl, Christopher E. Milliken, and Michael A. Petrik, Technology Management, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,481 (20050412), Method and apparatus for regulating charging of electrochemical cells, William H. Bushong, Cheeseman Paul, Thomas Kaufman, Michael Root, Aaron Rositch, Marc L. Syvertsen, and Viet H. Vu, Rayovac Corporation.

U.S. 6,878,482 (20050412), Anode structure for metal air electrochemical cells, George Tzong-Chyi Tzeng, eVionyx, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,484 (20050412), Separator for secondary battery and method for producing the same, Toshio Tanaka, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Naohiko Takimoto, and Masahiro Yamashita, Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,878,485 (20050412), Mechanical and thermal improvements in metal hydride batteries, battery modules and battery packs, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Dennis A. Corrigan, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Subhash K. Dhar, Arthur Holland, Donn Fillmore, Lin Higley, Philippe Gow, Ronald Himmler, Nick Karditsas, Kenneth Laming, and Anthony Osgood, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,486 (20050412), Seal for electrochemical cell, Mark A. Schubert and Robert E. Ray Jr., Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,878,487 (20050412), Active material for battery and method of preparing same, Jae-Phil Cho, Won-Il Jung, Yong-Chul Park, and Geun-Bae Kim, Samsung SDI, Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,878,488 (20050412), Cathodes comprising electroactive sulfur materials and secondary batteries using same, Alexander Gorkovenko, Terje A. Skotheim, and Zhe-Sheng Xu, Moltech Corporation.

U.S. 6,878,489 (20050412), Lithium cell with improved cathode, Kirakodu S. Nanjundaswamy, Francis Wang, Jiayu Simon Xue, Fan Zhang, Ignacio Chi, and Cahit Eylem, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,878,490 (20050412), Positive electrode active materials for secondary batteries and methods of preparing same, Yuan Gao, Marina Yakovleva, Michael E. Leonowicz, Prakash Palepu, and John F. Engel, FMC Corporation.

U.S. 6,878,491 (20050412), Solid polymer electrolyte and use thereof, Katsuhito Miura, Masanori Yanagida, Hiroki Higobashi, and Shouhei Matsui, Daiso Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,878,492 (20050412), Polymerizable composition and use thereof, Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, and Ayako Nishioka, Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,878,651 (20050412), Glass compositions for ceramic electrolyte electrochemical conversion devices, Gary Mark Crosbie, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,878,664 (20050412), Class of electrocatalysts and a gas diffusion electrode based thereon for fuel cells, Gennadi Finkelshtain, Yuri Katzman, Mikhail Khidekel, and Maria Khidekel, Medis El Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,878,782 (20050412), Thermoset composition, method, and article, Glen David Merfeld, Gary William Yeager, Robert Edgar Colborn, and Bryan Duffey, General Electric Company.

U.S. 6,878,790 (20050412), High molecular weight polyolefin and catalyst and process for polymerizing said polyolefin, Judith Preuschen, Bernhard Rieger, and Carsten Troll, The Procter & Gamble Company.

U.S. 6,878,803 (20050412), Method for nitrating and aminating an aryl polymer, Wei Cui, Celanese Ventures GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,879,133 (20050412), Battery protection circuit, Michael D. Geren, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,879,134 (20050412), Selector circuit for power management in multiple battery systems, Vlad Popescu Stanesti, Marian Niculae, and Constantin Bucur, O2Micro International Limited.

U.S. 6,879,482 (20050412), Electric double layer capacitor, Takeshi Kawasato, Kazuya Hiratsuka, Naoki Yoshida, and Katsuji Ikeda, Asahi Glass Company, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,879,855 (20050412), Zinc air battery and its uses, Joseph H. Schulman, Albert A. Maltan, and Thomas A. Santogrossi, The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research.

U.S. 6,880,238 (20050419), Electrochemical uses of amorphous fluoropolymers, Sridhar Kumar and Govindarajulu Rajendran, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company.

U.S. 6,880,628 (20050419), Heat exchanger for fuel cell system, Kazue Yoshida and Hiroki Yoshioka, Calsonic Kansei Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,881,052 (20050419), Device and method for heating hydrogen storage canister, Jefferson Y. S. Yang and Yingjeng James Li, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,881,233 (20050419), Pocketed electrode plate for use in lithium ion secondary battery, its manufacturing method and lithium ion secondary battery using the same, Su Jung Cho, Geun Chang Chung, and Sun Yoo Hwang, Korea Power Cell, Inc. (KR).

U.S. 6,881,234 (20050419), Method for making electrodes for nickel-metal hydride batteries, Frank E. Towsley.

U.S. 6,881,294 (20050419), Method of conductively interconnecting electronic components, battery powerable apparatus, radio frequency communication device, and electric circuit, Rickie C. Lake, Micron Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,881,363 (20050419), High throughput preparation and analysis of materials, Eric D. Carlson, Damian A. Hajduk, Leonid Matsiev, Adam Safir, and Paul Mansky, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,881,371 (20050419), Method for forming outer packaging body of product, Yoshinori Iwaizono, Shoji Konishi, and Takeshi Ishimaru, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,377 (20050419), Methods for manufacturing capacitors and electrodes using ultrafine nickel powder, Hideshi Katayama, Kan Saito, Shuetsu Ogasawara, and Takao Hamada, Kawatetsu Mining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,382 (20050419), Fragrance signaling of an event, Richard A. Goldstein, Clint Dee Winton Brooks, Lewis Michael Popplewell, and Donald W. Buchanan Jr, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

U.S. 6,881,393 (20050419), Process for making nano-sized and sub-micron-sized lithium-transition metal oxides, Timothy M. Spitler and Jan Prochazka, Altair Nanomaterials Inc.

U.S. 6,881,438 (20050419), Process for production of composite porous film, Takahiro Daido, Satoshi Igarashi, Satoshi Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Honmoto, Hiroyoshi Minematsu, Youji Yanagi, and Yasushi Kitagishi, Teijin Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,881,490 (20050419), Polymer-inorganic particle composites, Nobuyuki Kambe, Yigal Dov Blum, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, and David Brent MacQueen, NanoGram Corporation.

U.S. 6,881,507 (20050419), Method and apparatus for measuring the mass flow of hydrogen in a fuel cell, Milos Milacic.

U.S. 6,881,508 (20050419), Apparatus and method for controlling a fuel cell system, Mihail M. Penev, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,881,509 (20050419), Fuel cell system power control method and system, Aaron M. Jungreis, ABB Research Ltd. (CH).

U.S. 6,881,510 (20050419), Method for resorting characteristics of polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Hisaaki Gyoten, Teruhisa Kanbara, Makoto Uchida, Kazuhito Hatoh, and Osamu Sakai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,511 (20050419), Gas diffusion electrodes containing modified carbon products, Paolo Tosco, Laurent Kosbach, Yuan Yu, and Claudio Orecchia, Cabot Corporation and Edison Termoelettrica, SpA (IT).

U.S. 6,881,512 (20050419), Separator for fuel cell, process for production thereof, and solid polymer type fuel cell using said separator, Kazuo Saito and Atsushi Hagiwara, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,513 (20050419), Leak retardant automotive battery, Partha Dasgupta, Subhradas Bandyapadhyayay, Debashish Mazumdar, and Surendra Kumar Mittal, Exide Industries Ltd (IN) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,514 (20050419), Stacked electrochemical cell, Soon-Ho Ahn, Hyang-Mok Lee, Seung-Jin Lee, Tae-Hyung Kim, and Hyung-Keun Lee, LG Chemical Co., Ltd .(KR).

U.S. 6,881,515 (20050419), Separator for polymer battery, C. Glen Wensley, Celgard Inc.

U.S. 6,881,516 (20050419), Contoured battery for implantable medical devices and method of manufacture, Paul B. Aamodt, Franise D. Bartley, Steve M. Bruesehoff, Kurt J. Casby, David P. Haas, Karl E. Hokanson, Thomas M. Nutzman, Andrew J. Ries, Scott J. Robinson, Randy S. Roles, Sonja K. Somdahl, Walter C. Sunderland, and Kimberly A. Chaffin, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,881,517 (20050419), Binder for electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and utilization thereof, Atsuhiro Kanzaki, Kouichirou Maeda, and Haruhisa Yamamoto, Zeon Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,881,518 (20050419), Process for manufacture of negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, 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. 6,881,519 (20050419), Ni/metal hydride secondary element, Peter Bauerlein, Varta Automotive Systems GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,881,520 (20050419), Electrode material for rechargeable batteries and process for the preparation thereof, Wu Li, NV Umicore SA (BE).

U.S. 6,881,521 (20050419), Carbon fiber, electrode material for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery, Takashi Yanagisawa and Shunji Higaki, GSI Creos Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,881,522 (20050419), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Koji Abe, Yoshihiro Ushigoe, and Yasuo Matsumori, Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,881,604 (20050419), Method for manufacturing nanostructured thin film electrodes, Henrik Lindstrom, Sven Sodergren, Sten-Eric Linquist, and Anders Hagfeldt, Forskarpatent i Uppsala AB (SE).

U.S. 6,881,703 (20050419), Thermally conductive honeycombs for chemical reactors, Willard A. Cutler, Lin He, Anthony R. Olszewski, and Charles M. Sorensen Jr., Corning Incorporated.

U.S. 6,881,811 (20050419), Fluorinated aromatic polymer and use thereof, Shunsuke Yokotsuka and Fusaaki Takeo, Asahi Glass Company, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,881,820 (20050419), Rod-coil block polyimide copolymers, Mary Ann B. Meador and James D. Kinder, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,882,061 (20050419), Battery self-warming mechanism using the inverter and the battery main disconnect circuitry, Cyrus N. Ashtiani and Thomas A. Stuart, DaimlerChrysler Corporation and University of Toledo.

U.S. 6,882,129 (20050419), Battery pack for a battery-powered vehicle, Paul E. Boskovitch and Gregory N. Simopoulos, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,882,130 (20050419), Battery-driven electronic device and mobile communication apparatus, Hiroyuki Handa, Takuya Ishii, Yasufumi Nakajima, Yasuhiko Bito, Shinji Kasamatsu, and Yoshiaki Nitta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,882,165 (20050419), Capacitive type sensor, Tsutomu Ogura, Yamatake Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,882,517 (20050419), Raw material composite for carbon material used in electric double layer capacitor, manufacturing method of the same, electric double layer capacitor, and manufacturing method of the same, Tamotsu Tano, Takashi Oyama, Akinori Mogami, Makoto Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Yukinori Kude, Nippon Oil Corporation (JP), JEOL Ltd. (JP), and Nippon Petroleum Refining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,883,371 (20050426), Humidity sensor, Satoshi Sugaya, Tetsuo Yamada, and Noboru Ishida, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,883,730 (20050426), Atomizing nozzle for a burner, Gunter Eberspach, Walter Blaschke, Michael Humburg, and Franz Joos, J. Eberspacher GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,884,123 (20050426), Connecting terminal for storage battery, Hwan-Chang Kim (KR).

U.S. 6,884,269 (20050426), Continuous method for manufacture of uniform size flake or powder, Thomas M. Lucas and Jody Doyon, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 6,884,270 (20050426), Method of manufacturing a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte layer, Takanobu Yoshino and Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,884,272 (20050426), Fuel for fuel cell system, Kenichirou Saitou, Iwao Anzai, Osamu Sadakane, and Michiro Matsubara, Nippon Oil Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,884,290 (20050426), Electrically conductive polycrystalline diamond and particulate metal based electrodes, Greg M. Swain and Jian Wang, Board of Trustees of Michigan State University.

U.S. 6,884,363 (20050426), Method of surface treatment for stainless steel product for fuel cell, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,884,403 (20050426), Method of purifying lithium hexafluorophosphate, Hirohisa Kikuyama, Toshirou Fukudome, Masahide Waki, and Hirofumi Yazaki, Stella Chemifa Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,884,528 (20050426), Cogeneration system for a fuel cell, James H. Lee, James S. Siepierski, and George R. Woody, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,884,529 (20050426), Method of heating up a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell system, Tuyu Xie, Paul M. Simmons, and Scott B. Fulton, E I du Pont Canada Company (CA).

U.S. 6,884,530 (20050426), Method of improving the performance of a direct feed fuel cell, Kevin Colbow, Monica Manmohan Kaila, Jiujun Zhang, Jens Muller, and Gustav Boehm, SFC, Smart Fuel Cell AG (DE).

U.S. 6,884,531 (20050426), Liquid hydrocarbon based fuels for fuel cell on-board reformers, Bashir Osama Dabbousi, Anwar Hasan Al-Khawajah, and Gary Dean Martinie, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (SA).

U.S. 6,884,532 (20050426), Fuel cell system and method for operating the fuel cell system, Bernd Monzel, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,884,533 (20050426), Utilization based power plant control system, W. Gregg Stocker, Ballard Generation Systems (CA).

U.S. 6,884,534 (20050426), Electronic by-pass control of gas around the humidifier to the fuel cell stack, William S. Wheat, Bruce J. Clingerman, and Matt K. Hortop, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,884,535 (20050426), Fuel cell separator, Kazuo Saito, Atsushi Hagiwara, and Seiji Yamamoto, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,884,536 (20050426), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuhito Hatoh, Junji Niikura, Hideo Ohara, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,884,537 (20050426), Structural seal for a fuel cell, Jeffrey Alan Smith, Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership.

U.S. 6,884,538 (20050426), Fuel cell separator and method for manufacturing the same, Sinzaburou Suzuki, Toru Segawa, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, and Kouji Nagai, Nichias Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,884,539 (20050426), Microcell electrochemical devices and assemblies with corrosion-resistant current collectors, and method of making the same, Ray R .Eshraghi, Microcell Corporation.

U.S. 6,884,540 (20050426), Battery pack, Tatsuhisa Chikada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,884,541 (20050426), Lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Akio Enomoto, Kenji Kawamura, Kenshin Kitoh, and Toshihiro Yoshida, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,884,542 (20050426), Method for treating titanium to electroplating, Michael Cheiky and Jan Lofvander, Zinc Matrix Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,884,543 (20050426), Material for positive electrode and secondary battery, Hisashi Tsujimoto, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, Junji Kuyama, Masayuki Nagamine, Atsuo Omaru, and Hiroaki Tanizaki, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,884,544 (20050426), Lithium-based active materials and preparation thereof, Jeremy Barker and M. Yazid Saidi, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,884,545 (20050426), Anode material for lithium secondary battery, process for production thereof, and lithium secondary battery, Kenji Fukuda, Tadanori Tsunawaki, Tatsuo Umeno, Kohei Murayama, Yoshinori Yasumoto, and Youichiro Hara, Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,884,546 (20050426), Secondary battery, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroyuki Akashi, and Momoe Adachi, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,884,547 (20050426), Lithium polymer battery, Takaki Mori, Takeshi Koike, and Hyung-bok Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,884,548 (20050426), Nonaqueous electrolyte battery containing an alkali, transition metal negative electrode, Hiroki Inagaki, Norio Takami, Tatsuoki Kohno, and Tomokazu Morita, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,884,691 (20050426), Method of forming a substrate having a surface comprising at least one of Pt, Pd, Co and Au in at least one of elemental and alloy forms, Eugene P. Marsh, Micron Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,884,745 (20050426), Perforated cylindrical fuel cells, Mehmet Suha Yazici, Robert Angelo Mercuri, Robert Anderson Reynolds III., and Paul Calarco, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,884,838 (20050426), Water repellant fiberglass binder, Thomas J. Taylor, Philip Francis Miele, and Lance Wang, Johns Manville International, Inc.

U.S. 6,885,112 (20050426), Proton exchange membrane based power system for a telecommunication facility, Larry L. Johnson, Sprint Communications Company LP.

U.S. 6,885,167 (20050426), Method and apparatus for determining cold cranking amperes value, Thirumalai G. Palanisamy and William Hovey, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 6,885,168 (20050426), Battery unit having means for preventing over-discharge, Masafumi Okumura and Shigeo Tanaka, Fujitsu Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,885,169 (20050426), System and method for charging rechargeable batteries, Curtis Henry Dobbie (NZ).

U.S. 6,885,170 (20050426), Connection-switched capacitor storage system, Michio Okamura and Masaaki Yamagishi, Advanced Capacitor Technologies, Inc. (JP), Okamura Laboratory, Inc. (JP), and Kabushiki Kaisha Powersystems (JP).

U.S. 6,885,195 (20050426), Method and apparatus for auditing a battery test, Kevin I. Bertness, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,885,298 (20050426), Fuel cell system with a detection system for fire or elevated temperatures, Ted Everson, Adrian Corless, and Edward Mufford, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,885,307 (20050426), Battery monitor, Bradley W. Lockhart, Jason W. Toomey, Richard Campbell II, Bruce R. Burry, and Bradley D. Looy, Tarma, LLC.

U.S. 6,885,879 (20050426), Battery reconnect system for a telecommunications power system, Pierre Got, Christian de Varennes, and Louis Duguay, Astec International Limited (HK).

U.S. 6,885,894 (20050426), System and method for measuring battery current, Nicholas J. Stessman, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

U.S. 6,885,951 (20050426), Method and device for determining the state of function of an energy storage battery, Gerolf Richter, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,885,952 (20050426), System and method for determining voltage levels, Patrick H. Hayes, Universal Electronics Inc.

U.S. 6,886,010 (20050426), Method for data and text mining and literature-based discovery, Ronald N. Kostoff, The United States of America