U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1297 (August 2005)

U.S. 6,923,053 (20050802), Gas flowmeter and manufacturing method thereof, Masamichi Yamada, Junichi Horie, Izumi Watanabe, and Keiichi Nakada, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,923,201 (20050802), Gas feed device, Nobuo Fujita, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,923,282 (20050802), Chassis subassembly module and method for using same, Adrian B. Chernoff and Tommy E. White, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,923,631 (20050802), Apparatus for forming a resin impregnated flexible graphite sheet, Robert Angelo Mercuri, Joseph Paul Capp, Michael Lee Warddrip, and Thomas William Weber, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,923,642 (20050802), Premixed prevaporized combustor, Mohammed E. H. Sennoun and Daniel Miller, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,923,676 (20050802), System for replacing a battery pack, Lou Perry, American Power Conversion Corporation.

U.S. 6,923,837 (20050802), Consecutively wound or stacked battery cells, Alfred J. Longhi Jr. and M. Zafar A. Munshi, Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,923,944 (20050802), Membrane reactor for gas extraction, Robert E. Buxbaum.

U.S. 6,923,948 (20050802), Combined heat and power plant and a process for the operation thereof, Frank Baumann, Stefan Wieland, Peter Britz, and Klaus Heikrodt, Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG (DE) and Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,924,049 (20050802), Electrolysis fuel cell energy plant, Joe G. Rich Sr.

U.S. 6,924,050 (20050802), Method for dissipating energy in a fuel cell generator system, Mark Steven Lahiff, Ford Motor Company.

U.S. 6,924,051 (20050802), Contact heater/humidifier for fuel cell systems, Alan P. Meissner, Mark G. Voss, Gregory G. Hughes, Joseph R. Stevenson, and Liping Cao, Modine Manufacturing Company.

U.S. 6,924,052 (20050802), Coolant flow field design for fuel cell stacks, James H. Lee, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,924,053 (20050802), Solid oxide regenerative fuel cell with selective anode tail gas circulation, James Frederick McElroy, Ion America Corporation.

U.S. 6,924,054 (20050802), Fuel supply for a fuel cell, Ravi Prasad, Qin Liu, Loren E. Johnson, Michael L. Bullock, Winthrop D. Childers, L. Chris Mann, and Joseph W. Tsang, Hewlett-Packard Development Company LP.

U.S. 6,924,055 (20050802), Fuel delivery cartridge and anodic fuel receptor for a fuel cell, Robert S. Hirsch, Gerhard Beckmann, Juan J. Becerra, Hongsun Kim, and Michael S. DeFillipis, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,924,056 (20050802), Cascade fuel inlet manifold for fuel cells, John H. Whiton, Torger J. Anderson, and Robin J. Guthrie, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,924,057 (20050802), Electrochemical fuel cell with an electrode having an in-plane nonuniform structure, John H. Whiton, Torger J. Anderson, and Robin J. Guthrie, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,924,058 (20050802), Hydrodynamic transport and flow channel passageways associated with fuel cell electrode structures and fuel cell electrode stack assemblies, Leroy J. Ohlsen, Jonathan C Mallari, Chung M. Chan, and Aaron M. Cooke.

U.S. 6,924,059 (20050802), Rechargeable lithium battery, Soichiro Kawakami and Takao Ogura, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,924,060 (20050802), Prismatic sealed battery module, Shinji Hamada, Takashi Asahina, and Toyohiko Eto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,924,061 (20050802), Nonflammable non-aqueous electrolyte and non-aqueous electrolyte cells comprising the same, T. Richard Jow, Kang Xu, Shengshui Zhang, and Michael S Ding, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,924,062 (20050802), Nickel-metal hydride storage battery, Yoshifumi Magari, Tadayoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Akita, Katsuhiko Shinyama, Atsuhiro Funahashi, and Toshiyuki Nohma, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,924,063 (20050802), Secondary power source, Yong Che, Takeshi Morimoto, and Manabu Tsushima, Asahi Glass Company, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,924,064 (20050802), Positive active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising same, Atsuro Kondo, Junichi Toriyama, and Masanao Terasaki, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,924,065 (20050802), Separators for winding-type lithium secondary batteries having gel-type polymer electrolytes and manufacturing method for the same, Hyeong-gon Noh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,924,066 (20050802), Use of additives in electrolyte for electrochemical cells, Udo Heider, Michael Schmidt, Anja Amann, Marlies Niemann, and Andreas Kuhner, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,924,067 (20050802), Polymer electrolyte and polymer lithium battery, Takahito Ito, Osamu Yamamoto, and Tatsuo Fujinami, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Genesis Research Institute, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,924,164 (20050802), Method of continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices, Mark Lynn Jenson, Cymbet Corporation.

U.S. 6,924,567 (20050802), Method and system for managing battery power, Daniel J. Killian, Nathaniel D. Brown, Fernando A. Pereira, and Roger N. Wurtele, Energy & Engine Technology Corporation.

U.S. 6,924,619 (20050802), Charging system for charging electronic devices in garments, Joseph L. Dvorak and Joseph Patino, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,924,620 (20050802), Battery, battery charger, electrical system and method of charging a battery, George L. Santana Jr., Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation.

U.S. 6,924,621 (20050802), System and method for controlling electric load and battery charge in a vehicle, Issam Jabaji and Shadi Jabaji, CE Niehoff & Co.

U.S. 6,924,622 (20050802), Battery capacity measurement, Adnan H. Anbuky and Phillip E. Pascoe, Invensys Energy Systems (NZ) Limited (NZ).

U.S. 6,924,623 (20050802), Method and device for judging the condition of secondary batteries and method for regenerating secondary batteries, Kenji Nakamura, Takashi Ito, and Taketoshi Minohara, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,924,624 (20050802), Method and apparatus for slowing the discharge process of a battery, Hans-Joachim Baur, Stefan Roepke, Rainer Glauning, and Volker Bosch, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,924,625 (20050802), Battery pack and method of detecting battery pack abnormalities, Hiroki Teraoka, Takamasa Yamazoe, Masatsugu Naka, and Atsushi Watanabe, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,925,201 (20050802), Inspection apparatus and method for electrode plate-connected structure for secondary cell, Toshiaki Nakanishi and Yugo Nakagawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,925,400 (20050802), Second battery control circuit, Yoshinori Iwaizono, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,925,866 (20050809), Thermal type flow rate measuring apparatus, Izumi Watanabe, Junichi Horie, Keiichi Nakada, Kei Ueyama, and Masamichi Yamada, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,748 (20050809), Staged lean combustion for rapid start of a fuel processor, Steven G. Goebel, William H. Pettit, Mohammed E.H. Sennoun, and Daniel P. Miller, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,926,772 (20050809), Strand coating device and method, William K. Leonard, 3M Innovative Properties Company.

U.S. 6,926,852 (20050809), Cell plate structure for solid electrolyte fuel cell, solid electrolyte fuel cell and related manufacturing method, Fuminori Satou, Mitsugu Yamanaka, Makoto Uchiyama, Masaharu Hatano, Keiko Kushibiki, Naoki Hara, Tatsuhiro Fukuzawa, and Itaru Shibata, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,880 (20050809), Methanol reforming catalyst having a reduced volume shrinkage, Markus Holzle, Michael Jolyon Sprague, Klaus Harth, Martin Schussler, Martin Karl, and Stefan Boneberg, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,926,881 (20050809), Process for producing hydrogen-containing gas, Shigeyuki Hirose, Futoshi Ikoma, Masayuki Katagiri, Koki Takamura, Yasushi Hiramatsu, and Mikio Yoneoka, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,924 (20050809), Metal-composite hose and a process for manufacturing the same, Kazutaka Katayama, Motoshige Hibino, Atsuo Miyajima, and Hiroaki Ito, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,978 (20050809), Fuel cell installation with a gas generation system and a fuel cell system, Klaus Graage, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,926,979 (20050809), Waste heat recovery means for fuel cell power system, Yiding Cao.

U.S. 6,926,980 (20050809), System and method for draining remaining water in fuel cell, Hideo Kato, Katsumi Hayashi, and Minoru Uoshima, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,926,981 (20050809), Fuel cell system for operation at pressures below the pressure of the surrounding environment and method of operation thereof, Henry Voss, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,926,982 (20050809), Fuel cell, Yasumitsu Ito, Yoshifumi Takai, and Takeshi Ishikawa, Suzuki Motor Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,926,983 (20050809), Polymeric membrane fuel cell stack, Massimo Brambilla, Gabriele Mazzucchelli, Gian Piero Fleba, and Antonio Maggiore, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe Srl (IT).

U.S. 6,926,984 (20050809), Polymer electrolyte membrane, method for producing same, and membrane electrode assembly and polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising same, Yoichi Asano, Masaaki Nanaumi, Hiroshi Sohma, Nagayuki Kanaoka, and Nobuhiro Saito, Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,926,985 (20050809), Fuel cell stack, Yoshinori Wariishi, Hideaki Kikuchi, Masaharu Suzuki, Masaru Oda, Yosuke Fujii, and Ichiro Baba, Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,926,986 (20050809), Fuel cell with encapsulated electrodes, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ana Menjak, Thomas Hopper, Zdravko Menjak, Kevin Fok, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, and Subhash K. Dhar, Energy Conversion Devices.

U.S. 6,926,987 (20050809), Fuel cell system and method for operating the same, Janusz Blaszczyk and Wolfram Fleck, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,926,988 (20050809), Apparatus and method for maintaining compression of the active area in an electrochemical cell, Mark E. Dristy, Thomas Skoczylas, Greg A. Hanlon, and Jason K. Shiepe, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,926,989 (20050809), Interconnect apparatus for fuel cells, Chenggang Xie, Jay Vishal Paidipati, and Joseph W. Bostaph, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,926,990 (20050809), Fuel cell having porous electrodes and method for forming same, Ronald J. Kelley, Steven D. Pratt, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, and Robert W. Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,926,991 (20050809), SVO/CFx parallel cell design within the same casing, Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,926,992 (20050809), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Yuji Satoh, and Motoya Kanda, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,926,993 (20050809), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi, Goro Shibamoto, and Shuji Goto, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,926,994 (20050809), Device with detachable battery mounting, Allen R. Cox and David Mark Lee, International Business Machines Corporation.

U.S. 6,926,995 (20050809), Fuel cell separators and solid polymer fuel cells, Ayumi Horiuchi, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,996 (20050809), Alkaline battery with flat housing, Alexander Shelekhin, Steven J. Specht, Robert S. Ferrin, and Derek R. Bobowick, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,926,997 (20050809), Energy storage and conversion devices using thermal sprayed electrodes, Ronald A. Guidotti, Hui Ye, Tongsan D. Xiao, David E. Reisner, and Daniel H. Doughty, Sandia Corporation and US Nanocorp.

U.S. 6,926,998 (20050809), Nickel-metal hydride storage battery, Hiroyuki Akita, Tadayoshi Tanaka, Yoshifumi Magari, Katsuhiko Shinyama, Atsuhiro Funahashi, and Toshiyuki Nohma, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,926,999 (20050809), Positive electrode active material for alkaline cell, Koji Tanoue, Yoshikazu Omoto, Yoshiyuki Shoji, Masayuki Nishina, and Toshio Ueda, Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,927,000 (20050809), Oxazoline surfactant anode additive for alkaline electrochemical cells, Ernest Ndzebet, Rayovac Corporation.

U.S. 6,927,001 (20050809), Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Akira Ueki, Koji Abe, and Yasuo Matsumori, Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,927,250 (20050809), Graphite composites and methods of making such composites, David M. Kaschak, Robert A. Reynolds III, and Daniel W. Krassowski, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,927,298 (20050809), 3,4-Alkylene dioxythiophenedioxide compounds and polymers comprising monomeric units thereof, Bert Groenendaal, Frank Louwet, and Hieronymus Andriessen, Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel (BE).

U.S. 6,927,552 (20050809), Control apparatus for on-vehicle electricity storage device, Shigetaka Kuroda and Kenji Nakano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,927,553 (20050809), Phase-locked battery charge system, Liang-Jui Chen (TW).

U.S. 6,927,554 (20050809), Simple optimal estimator for PbA state of charge, Edward D. Tate Jr. and Mark W. Verbrugge, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,927,555 (20050809), Sleep mode batteries in electronics devices and methods therefor, Robert Johnson, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,928,371 (20050809), Monitoring system of VRLA battery capacitance, Paul T. Roshau.

U.S. 6,928,372 (20050809), Method for estimating time to full-charge in a rechargeable battery, Brian T. Pozsgay, William C. Bohne, Daniel J. Jakl, and Bradley E. Long, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,928,381 (20050809), Battery overtemperature control system and method, Craig Becker-Irvin and Mark Y Honda, The Boeing Company.

U.S. 6,928,568 (20050809), Battery charger current limiting based on maximum current capacity of AC adapter as determined by adapter identification subsystem, John J. Breen, Stacy A. Gower, Brent A. McDonald, Ayedin Nikazm, and Richard M. Tonry, Dell Products LP.

U.S. 6,928,893 (20050816), Method of making a gas diffusion media and quality controls for same, Joerg Roth, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,929,504 (20050816), Combined electrical connector and radiator for high current applications, Pui Tsang Peter Ling and Yiu Sing Tong, Sylva Industries Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 6,929,679 (20050816), Method of storing, uptaking, releasing of gases by novel framework materials, Ulrich Muller, Klaus Harth, Markus Holzle, Michael Hesse, Lisa Lobree, Wolfgang Harder, Omar M. Yaghi, and Mohamed Eddaoudi, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE) and The Regents of the University of Michigan.

U.S. 6,929,785 (20050816), Method and apparatus for preheating of a fuel cell micro-reformer, Malcolm James Grieve, David R. Schumann, John E. Kirwan, Galen B. Fisher, and Ather A. Quader, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,929,788 (20050816), Method for preparing lithium manganese spinel oxide having improved electrochemical performance, Hong-Kyu Park, Seong-Yong Park, Ki-Young Lee, and Joon-Sung Bae, LG Chemical Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,929,858 (20050816), Glass fibers, George C. Zguris and Antonio L Ferreira, Squannacook Technologies LLC.

U.S. 6,929,876 (20050816), Septic battery, Alan W. Cibuzar.

U.S. 6,929,877 (20050816), Battery device, Hsin-Chang Lan (TW) and Wei-Hsin Lan (TW).

U.S. 6,929,878 (20050816), Battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device, Jian Wu Chen, Ying Liang Tu, and Chia-Hua Chen, Fih Co., Ltd., (TW).

U.S. 6,929,879 (20050816), Battery having a circuit board attached to it and a molded section enveloping the battery and the circuit board, Masato Yamazaki, Kyocera Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,929,880 (20050816), Square cell container and method of manufacturing the cell container, Katsuhiko Mori, Susumu Kitaoka, Shoji Yamashita, and Shigekazu Tanaka, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Ikkoseiko Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,929,881 (20050816), Connection for joining a current collector to a terminal pin for a primary lithium or secondary lithium ion electrochemical cell, Philip S. Wutz, Shenandoah Hennrich, and John Skoumpris, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,929,882 (20050816), Integrated battery cover and movable handle, Dane E. Carter, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,929,883 (20050816), Lithium-transition metal composite oxide, Manabu Suhara, Megumi Yukawa, Naoshi Saito, Takashi Kimura, and Kazuo Sunahara, Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,929,884 (20050816), Method for manufacture of films containing insoluble solids embedded in cellulose-based films, Michael Cheiky and Wilson Hago, Zinc Matrix Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,929,885 (20050816), Non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery, Minoru Kotato, Hitoshi Suzuki, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Akira Yajima, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (JP) and A&T Battery Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,930,068 (20050816), Methanol reforming catalyst, Hiroaki Kaneko and Fumihiro Haga, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,930,404 (20050816), Power supply for an automotive vehicle, Allan Roy Gale, Michael W. Degner, and Paul Raymund Nicastri, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,930,409 (20050816), Electromechanical switching device, Jerry R. Smith.

U.S. 6,930,465 (20050816), Residual capacity correction method for battery, Hideki Kishi, Hidenori Tsuda, Kenji Kawaguchi, Hideyuki Nagaya, and Tooru Amazutsumi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,930,466 (20050816), Battery charger, Larry Bradley, Jim Pieronek, and Frank Newman, Kyocera Wireless Corp.

U.S. 6,930,467 (20050816), Multi-series connection type battery cell pack for reducing self-consumption over a long period of time, Shin Suzuki, NEC Tokin Tochigi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,930,468 (20050816), Discharge methodologies for optimizing the performance of lithium/silver vanadium oxide cells, Kenneth Syracuse, Noelle Waite, Hong Gan, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,930,469 (20050816), Battery charger with a timed high-current stage, Michael Krieger and Bruce Randolph, Vector Products, Inc.

U.S. 6,930,485 (20050816), Electronic battery tester with battery failure temperature determination, Kevin I. Bertness, J. David Vonderhaar, Dennis V. Brown, James K. Klang, and Albert G. Kimbrough, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,931,332 (20050816), Method and system for testing battery connectivity, Bansidhar Jagannath Phansalkar, Pradeep Nagabhushan Rao Tolakanahalli, and Sunit Kumar Saxena, General Electric Company.

U.S. 6,931,481 (20050816), Battery firmware customer/field update method, Adolfo S. Montero, Dell Products LP.

U.S. 6,931,878 (20050823), Arrangement of cooling apparatus, Shinya Kubota, Toshiyuki Matsuoka, and Yoshinori Mita, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,932,174 (20050823), Capacity indicating device and method thereof, Norihiko Hirata, Kenichi Sakai, and Yuji Nakada, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,932,282 (20050823), Water supply system for a fuel cell, Gregory Herd and Michael Schroepel, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,932,650 (20050823), Fused battery terminal connector, Erik Freitag, Royal Die & Stamping Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,932,651 (20050823), Connecting structure for electric cells, Yoshinori Mita and Kazuo Ando, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,932,660 (20050823), Contact arrangement with an electrical plug connection, Stefan Roepke, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,932,846 (20050823), Alkaline battery, William L. Bowden, Klaus Brandt, Paul A. Christian, and Zhiping Jiang, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,932,847 (20050823), Portable hydrogen generator, Steven C. Amendola, Phillip J. Petillo, Stephen C. Petillo, and Richard M. Mohring, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S. 6,932,848 (20050823), High performance fuel processing system for fuel cell power plant, Zissis Dardas, Thomas Henry Vanderspurt, Nikunj Gupta, Shubhro Ghosh, and Ying She, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,932,851 (20050823), Methods for the preparation of metallic alloy nanoparticles and compositions thereof, Andrew B. Bocarsly and Shu Zhu, The Trustees of Princeton University.

U.S. 6,932,922 (20050823), Lithium cobalt oxides and methods of making same, Yuan Gao, Marina Yakovleva, John L. Burba III, and John F. Engel, FMC Corporation.

U.S. 6,932,948 (20050823), Device and process for producing a device for the catalytic generation of hydrogen from hydrocarbons, Joanna Bass, Roland Cwik, and Tomas Stefanovski, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,932,949 (20050823), Reactor structure as a heat exchanger layer stacking construction and method of making same, Uwe Benz, Horst Michels, Alois Tischler, and Marc Weisser, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,932,955 (20050823), Powder material, electrode structure, production processes thereof, and secondary lithium battery, Tomoya Yamamoto, Soichiro Kawakami, and Naoya Kobayashi, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,932,958 (20050823), Simplified three-stage fuel processor, James R. Wangerow, Alvie R. Meadows, Andy H. Hill, and Michael Onischak, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 6,933,003 (20050823), Method of making membrane electrode assemblies, Susan G. Yan, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,933,008 (20050823), Lead-coated complex porous structures and corresponding method of conductive activation, Bernard Bugnet and Denis Doniat, SCPS SA (FR).

U.S. 6,933,067 (20050823), Fuel cell, Tatsuya Kawahara, Katsuhiko Kinoshita, Yoshitaka Kino, and Toshiaki Ozaki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,933,068 (20050823), Polymer electrolyte membrane and solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell using same, Yoichi Asano, Masaaki Nanaumi, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Hiroshi Sohma, Nobuhiro Saito, Junji Matsuo, Kohei Goto, Masayuki Takahashi, Yuji Naito, and Fusazumi Masaka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and JSR Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,933,069 (20050823), Fuel cell stack and terminal member to be connected to cell voltage-measuring terminal thereof, Masahiko Sato and Toshiaki Ariyoshi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,933,070 (20050823), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and conductive separator plate thereof, Hiroki Kusakabe, Kazuhito Hatoh, Susumu Kobayashi, Tatsuto Yamazaki, and Shinsuke Takeguchi, Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,933,071 (20050823), Solid polymer type fuel cell and production method thereof, Masaru Yoshitake, Yasuhiro Kunisa, Eiji Endoh, and Eiji Yanagisawa, Asahi Glass Company, Limited (JP).

U.S. 6,933,072 (20050823), Parallel flow fuel cell, Zdravko Menjak, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Subhash K. Dhar, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Energy Conersion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,073 (20050823), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi, Goro Shibamoto, and Shuji Goto, Sony Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,933,074 (20050823), Insulative component for an electrochemical cell, Dominick Frustaci, Gary Freitag, and Paul Hallifax, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,075 (20050823), Sleeve separator for a lead plate, Daniel Dreyer and Jean-Luc Koch, TBS Engineering Limited (GB).

U.S. 6,933,076 (20050823), Heat dissipating battery pack, Hironori Ura, Hiroki Takeshima, Ryoichi Hamasaki, Osamu Aoya, and Takehiro Chinen, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,933,077 (20050823), Current collector for polymer electrochemical cells and electrochemical generators thereof, Anthony Sudano, Richard Laliberte, Martin Simoneau, and Michel Parent, Avestor Limited Partnership (CA).

U.S. 6,933,078 (20050823), Crosslinked polymer electrolytes and method of making such crosslinked polymers, Biying Huang and George W. Adamson, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,079 (20050823), Separator for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery using the same, Naoto Sato, Katsunori Komori, and Nobuyasu Morishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,933,080 (20050823), Polymer electrolyte, preparation method for the same and lithium battery using the same, Kyoung-hee Lee and Ki-ho Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,933,333 (20050823), Conductive adhesive sealant for bipolar fuel cell separator plate assemblies, John Clulow, Jody Riddle, and Francis Zappitelli, Bulk Molding Compounds, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,570 (20050823), Semiconductor device equipped with fuel cell and method for producing the same, Kiyoshi Morimoto and Kiyoyuki Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., (JP).

U.S. 6,933,703 (20050823), Selectively activated electrochemical cell system, Donald Dubac, Michael Glover, and Haresh P. Kamath, eVionyx, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,727 (20050823), Electronic battery tester cable, Kevin I. Bertness and Krzysztof Jeziorczak, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,933,728 (20050823), Method and apparatus for measuring voltage of battery module of electric vehicle, Tae Woo Kim, Hyundai Motor Company (KR).

U.S. 6,934,561 (20050823), Cable or module identification apparatus and method, Philip H. Burrus, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,935,172 (20050830), Thermal type flow measuring device, Junichi Horie, Izumi Watanabe, Shinya Igarashi, Keiichi Nakada, and Kei Ueyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,935,363 (20050830), Pressure control system for low pressure operation, Gordon John Lamont, Chad Comeault, and Roger William Harper, Hydrogenics Corporation (CA).

U.S. 6,935,449 (20050830), Vehicle electrical distribution system and method of use therefor, Adrian B. Chernoff and Tommy E. White, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,935,609 (20050830), Microvalve for controlling fluid flow, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Vladimir Gartstein, and Daniel Jonathan Quiram, The Procter & Gamble Company.

U.S. 6,935,906 (20050830), Electric connector, Masayuki Orihara, JST Mfg Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,936,079 (20050830), Process for assembling an electrochemical cell, Robert M. Janmey, Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,080 (20050830), Method and device for manufacturing coiled electrode group, Ichiro Murata, Masaki Sakoda, Takayuki Aoi, and Minoru Koda, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,936,081 (20050830), Chemical hydride hydrogen reactor and generation system, Ali Rusta-Sallehy, Xuesong Chen, and David G. Frank, Hydrogenics Corporation (CA).

U.S. 6,936,185 (20050830), Metal hydride bands and use thereof for storing hydrogen, Robert Schulz, Sabin Boily, Rene Dubuc, Marco Blouin, and Guy Lalande, Hydro-Quebec (CA).

U.S. 6,936,186 (20050830), Mesomorphic compound, polymeric mesomorphic compound, and electrolyte and secondary battery including same, Satoshi Igawa and Shinichi Nakamura, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,936,217 (20050830), High-temperature material, Willem Joseph Quadadakkers, Vladimir Shemet, and Lorenz Singheiser, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,936,229 (20050830), Recovery of lithium compounds from brines, Daniel Alfred Boryta, Teresita Frianeza Kullberg, and Anthony Michael Thurston, Chemetall Foote Corporation.

U.S. 6,936,237 (20050830), Reforming catalysts and methods of alcohol steam reforming, Yong Wang, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, and Jianli Hu, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,936,238 (20050830), Compact partial oxidation/steam reactor with integrated air preheater, fuel and water vaporizer, Mohammed E. H. Sennoun, William H. Pettit, Rodney L. Borup, and Gerald E. Voecks, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,936,359 (20050830), Apparatus for warming-up fuel cell, Tomoki Kobayashi, Takuma Kanazawa, Yoshio Nuiya, and Hiroshi Shimanuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,936,360 (20050830), Method and apparatus for operating a fuel cell system, Paul R. Margiott, Zakiul Kabir, and Vincent M. Callaghan, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,936,361 (20050830), Method for humidifying a fuel stream for a direct methanol fuel cell, Ronald James Kelley, Steven Duane Pratt, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, and Robert Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,362 (20050830), Variable pressure drop stack, Daryl Chapman and Jeff A. Rock, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,936,363 (20050830), Ammonia cracker for production of hydrogen, Karl Kordesch, Viktor Hacker, Robert Fankhauser, and Gottfried Faleschnin, Apollo Energy Systems, Incorporated.

U.S. 6,936,364 (20050830), Method and apparatus for vaporizing fuel for a reformer fuel cell system, Michael J. Reinke, Jonathan Wattelet, Mark Voss, Uwe Benz, Bruno Motzet, Alois Tischler, and Marc Weisser, Modine Manufacturing Company and XCELLSiS GmbH DE.

U.S. 6,936,365 (20050830), Ion conductive film and fuel cell using the same, Lois Hobson, Shuji Hayase, and Yoshihiko Nakano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba.

U.S. 6,936,366 (20050830), Single chamber solid oxide fuel cell architecture for high temperature operation, Daniel A. Kearl and Richard B. Peterson, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.

U.S. 6,936,367 (20050830), Solid oxide fuel cell system, Partho Sarkar, Lorne Johanson, and Hongsang Rho, Alberta Research Council Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,936,368 (20050830), System and method for safe removal/oxidative decomposition of fuel from a fuel container, Robert S. Hirsch, Shimshon Gottesfeld, and Xiaoming Ren, The Gillette Company.

U.S. 6,936,369 (20050830), Fuel cell stack, Takashi Komura, Narutoshi Sugita, and Shigeru Inai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,936,370 (20050830), Solid polymer fuel cell with improved voltage reversal tolerance, Shanna D. Knights, David P. Wilkinson, Stephen A. Campbell, Jared L. Taylor, John M. Gascoyne, and Thomas R. Ralph, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA) and Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company (GB).

U.S. 6,936,371 (20050830), Method for recycling battery pack, Katsunori Komori, Noriyuki Fujioka, Tadao Kimura, Haruyoshi Yamashita, and Yasuhiro Takahashi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,936,372 (20050830), Environmental control system for use with a battery cabinet and method of operating a fan therein, Anurag Jagota, Patrick K. Ng, and Jayesh R. Patel, Tyco Electronics Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,373 (20050830), Monobloc battery having a number of interconnected electrochemical cells, Eberhard Meissner, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,936,374 (20050830), Battery pack comprising heat-sensitive current blocking element and press portion for pressing the element, Yukio Ehara, GS-Melcotec Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,936,375 (20050830), Battery unit for lens-fitted photo film unit, Takashi Imamura and Nobuyuki Kameyama, Fuji Photo Film, Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,936,376 (20050830), Non-interruptible battery changing system, John David Plumadore, Vermont Medical, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,377 (20050830), Card with embedded IC and electrochemical cell, C. Glen Wensley, Scott Gustafson, and Craig R. Nelson.

U.S. 6,936,378 (20050830), Alkaline electrochemical cells with improved electrolyte, Christopher Fred Randell, Eveready Battery Company.

U.S. 6,936,379 (20050830), Method for electrode design for implantable device applications that require the elective replacement indicator (ERI), Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,380 (20050830), Process for preparing lithium polymer secondary battery, Jung-Ki Park and Won-Sun Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,936,381 (20050830), Lithium anodes for electrochemical cells, Terje A. Skotheim, Christopher J. Sheehan, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, and John Affinito, Moltech Corporation.

U.S. 6,936,382 (20050830), Lithium batteries, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Terje A. Skotheim, and Boris A .Trofimov, Moltech Corporation.

U.S. 6,936,565 (20050830), Modified carbide and oxycarbide containing catalysts and methods of making and using thereof, Jun Ma and David Moy, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 6,936,770 (20050830), Seal member, Harumi Takedomi and Kentaro Shibuya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,936,995 (20050830), Battery voltage reduction, Nick S. Kapsokavathis, David W. Walters, and Marvin E. Carpenter, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,937,002 (20050830), Method of using an array of electrodes for high throughput development and testing of materials, John Pope and Daniel Buttry.

U.S. 6,937,459 (20050830), Separator for electric double-layer capacitor, electric double-layer capacitor, and manufacturing method of separator for electric double-layer capacitor, Kouji Yamazaki, Mitsutoshi Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yanagi, Minoru Noguchi, Eisuke Komazawa, Hiroshi Nagao, and Michio Matsuda, Mahle Tennex Corporation (JP), Honda Motor Co., Ltd, (JP), and AWA Paper Mfg Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,937,460 (20050830), Electrochemical capacitor and method for its preparation, Joel Lang, Cellergy Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,937,695 (20050830), Analyzing apparatus and analyzing method, Kazuhito Hoshino, Rigaku Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,937,947 (20050830), Battery charger system and method for providing detailed battery status and charging method information, Matthew Glen Trembley, LSI Logic Corporation.