U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1303 (February 2006)

U.S. 6,993,888 (20060207), Metal hydride storage canister design and its manufacture, Jefferson Y. S. Yang and Mike Kao, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,994,057 (20060207), Compression ignition engine by air injection from air-only cylinder to adjacent air-fuel cylinder, John L. Loth and Gary J. Morris.

U.S. 6,994,178 (20060207), On-vehicle structure of fuel cell system to produce hydrocarbons having a selected carbon number range, Minobu Mizuno, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,994,267 (20060207), Temperature/humidity control system for a fuel cell stack and a method thereof, Byoung Woo Hwang, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR).

U.S. 6,994,276 (20060207), Device for mixing fluids, Ian Faye and Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,994,576 (20060207), Power supply unit for electronic devices, Toshihiro Tanaka and Katsumi Myochin, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,994,737 (20060207), High-capacity polymeric Li-ion cell and its production method, Zhiguo Fu, Chunsheng Wang, Guopeng Gao, Hongjun Si, and Yanmei Mu, Hei Long Jiang Zhong Qiang Power-Tech Co., Ltd. (CN).

U.S. 6,994,788 (20060207), Sulfonated aromatic polymers, membrane containing said polymers and a method for production and use of the same, Alexander Dyck and Thomas Soczka-Guth, PEMEAS GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,994,800 (20060207), Liquid precursors for formation of materials containing alkali metals, Roy G. Gordon and Randy N. R. Broomhall-Dillard, President and Fellows of Harvard College.

U.S. 6,994,807 (20060207), Electrolytic perovskites, Cameron W. Tanner, Corning Inc.

U.S. 6,994,884 (20060207), High performance fuel cell electrode and method for manufacturing same, Jie Guan, Dacong Weng, Vishal Agarwal, and Xiwang Qi, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,994,902 (20060207), Metallic porous body, Hiroshi Fukunaga, Mitsuhiro Kishimi, Masao Morishima, and Toshihiko Yamashita, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP) and Kushibe Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,994,919 (20060207), Brazing product and method of manufacturing a brazing product, Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph Wijenberg, Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, and Joop Nicolaas Mooij, Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH (DE) and Corus Technology BV (NL).

U.S. 6,994,926 (20060207), Battery pack and method of producing the same, Kiyoshi Ikeuchi and Yasukazu Koyama, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,994,927 (20060207), Integrated fuel cell

system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,994,928 (20060207), System and method for regulating steam pressure in a fuel cell system, Frederic Gagnon and Gary Everingham, Siemens VDO Automotive Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,994,929 (20060207), Electrochemical hydrogen compressor for electrochemical cell system and method for controlling, Frano Barbir, Bhaskar Balasubramanian, and Matt Stone, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,994,930 (20060207), Direct fired reciprocating engine and bottoming high temperature fuel cell hybrid, Rodney A. Geisbrecht and Norman T. Holcombe, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,994,931 (20060207), Fuel cell power plant for mobile unit, Hiroyuki Ichikawa and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,994,932 (20060207), Liquid fuel reservoir for fuel cells, Mark R. Kinkelaar and Andrew Thompson, Foamex LP.

U.S. 6,994,933 (20060207), Long life thin film battery and method therefor, John B. Bates, Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc.

U.S. 6,994,934 (20060207), Biobased microbattery, Ivan Stanish and Alok Singh, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,994,935 (20060207), Process for producing separator for batteries, the separator for batteries, and alkaline storage batteries using the same, Isao Matsumoto (JP).

U.S. 6,994,936 (20060207), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Sumio Mori, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,995,114 (20060207), Platinum-ruthenium-palladium fuel cell electrocatalyst, Alexander Gorer, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,995,115 (20060207), Catalyst for the generation of CO-free hydrogen from methane, Haiyou Wang and R. Terry K. Baker, Catalytic Materials, LLC.

U.S. 6,995,205 (20060207), Resin composition with high thermal conductivity and method of producing the same, Kiyotaka Matsukawa, Kozo Ishihara, Tsuneo Kamiyahata, Yoshikazu Inada, Yasuyuki Agari, and Masayuki Shimada, Nippon Kagaku Yakin Co., Ltd. (JP) and Osaka Municipal Government (JP).

U.S. 6,995,225 (20060207), Proton conduction material and method of manufacturing the same, Takuichi Arai and Hiroshi Hamaguchi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,995,333 (20060207), Process for fabricating nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells, Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Toshiyuki Nohma, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,995,541 (20060207), Battery pack with engagement concave portion and battery-using equipment using battery pack, Akira Fukushima, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,995,543 (20060207), Electronic apparatus with remaining battery power indicating function that estimates remaining battery operational life, Takashi Nunomaki and Satoshi Ebato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,995,963 (20060207), Methods and apparatus for charging a battery in a peripheral device, Anthony M. Fadell and Christoph Krah, Apple Computer, Inc.

U.S. 6,995,970 (20060207), Method of making electrochemical capacitor electrode, electrochemical capacitor electrode, electrochemical capacitor, and method of making the same, Kazuo Katai, Yousuke Miyaki, Hideki Tanaka, and Kiyonori Hinoki, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,997,012 (20060214), Method of Liquifying a gas, William T. Zollinger, Dennis N. Bingham, Michael G McKellar, Bruce M Wilding, and Kerry M Klingler, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S. 6,997,242 (20060214), Reservoir with hydrogen storage material, Katsuyoshi Fujita, Hidehito Kubo, Keiji Toh, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Sinichi Towata, and Kazuhiko Itoh, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho (JP).

U.S. 6,997,696 (20060214), Apparatus for cutting expanded graphite sheet material, Neil V. Davis and David Brown, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,997,724 (20060214), Aircraft battery lockout device, Ronald J. Earl.

U.S. 6,997,730 (20060214), High current electrical connector system and methods thereof, Craig Harold Baker, Danna Anthony Mancini, and Urs Felix Nager, Anderson Power Products.

U.S. 6,998,069 (20060214), Electrode material for positive electrodes of rechargeable lithium batteries, Marcello Coluccia, Reinhard Nesper, and Petr Novak, Ferro GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,998,071 (20060214), Cobalt oxide particles and process for producing the same, cathode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and process for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Hideaki Maeda, Shoichi Fujino, Hiroyasu Watanabe, Norimiki Sugiyama, and Hideaki Sadamura, Toda Kogyo Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,998,096 (20060214), Fuel reformer for use in fuel cell, Takashi Ishikawa, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,998,149 (20060214), Process for producing a membrane electrode assembly for fuel cells, Joachim Kohler, Karl-Anton Starz, Sandra Wittpahl, and Manfred Diehl, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,998,167 (20060214), Thin secondary battery, Motoaki Nishijima, Kazuo Yamada, Takehito Mitate, Hiroshi Matsumura, Hideo Suzue, and Shigemi Asai, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,998,171 (20060214), Fine carbon fiber and method for producing the same, Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, and Yutaka Suhara, Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,998,176 (20060214), Fine carbon fiber, method for producing the same and electrically conducting material comprising the fine carbon fiber, Toshio Morita, Hitoshi Inoue, Kunio Nishimura, Yutaka Suhara, Satoshi Ohshima, and Motoo Yumura, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 6,998,184 (20060214), Hybrid fuel cell, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Boyko Aladjov, Hong Wang, Zdravko Menjak, and Subhash K Dhar, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell, LLC.

U.S. 6,998,185 (20060214), Dye-based fuel indicator system for fuel cells, Makarand P. Gore and L. Chris Mann, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,998,186 (20060214), Fuel cell stack, Shuji Sato, Masahiro Ise, and Koji Okazaki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,998,187 (20060214), Solid oxide fuel cells with novel internal geometry, Caine Finnerty and David Coimbra, Nanodynamics, Inc.

U.S. 6,998,188 (20060214), Fuel cell components, Phillip J. Petillo.

U.S. 6,998,189 (20060214), Fuel cell separator and process for producing the same, Kazuo Saito and Atsushi Hagiwara, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,998,190 (20060214), Battery having a sheet current collector fluid-tightly separating basic cells, Tomoki Nobuta, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Masato Kurosaki, Yuji Nakagawa, and Masaya Mitani, NEC TOKIN Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,998,191 (20060214), Coating composition for negative electrode, negative electrode plate, method for producing the same, and secondary battery with nonaqueous electrolyte, Tadafumi Shindo and Yuichi Miyazaki, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,998,192 (20060214), Negative electrode for a nonaqueous battery, Hiroyuki Yumoto, Joanna Dodd, Mikito Nagata, and Phuong-Nghi Lam, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 6,998,193 (20060214), Microporous membrane and its uses thereof, Luying Sun, Policell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,998,194 (20060214), Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Masahiro Sekino, Asako Sato, Jun Momma, and Masayuki Oguchi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,998,331 (20060214), Methods for fabricating three dimensional anisotropic thin films and products produced thereby, Yuval C. Avniel, Peter Mardilovich, and Alexander Govyadinov, Technology Ventures, LLC.

U.S. 6,998,464 (20060214), Method for producing a solution consisting of a polymer containing recurrent azole units, solutions produced according to said method and use of the same, Thomas Guth, Jurgen Pawlik, Reiner Tiefenstadter, Peter Brendel, and Frauke Jordt, PEMEAS GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,998,817 (20060214), Charge control circuit and method of adjusting voltage for detecting full charge of secondary battery in same, Mitsuru Ooyagi and Hideo Matsuki, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,998,818 (20060214), Charging circuit with two levels of safety, Seng P. Xiong, Martin H. Ramsden, and Marc B. Riley, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,998,819 (20060214), Current leakage detection in high voltage battery pack, Jizeng Jin, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,998,820 (20060214), Li-ion/Li-polymer battery charger configured to be DC-powered from multiple types of wall adapters, Zheren Lai, Edward Bordeaux, and Zen Wu, Intersil Americas Inc.

U.S. 6,998,822 (20060214), Power supply for a pulsed load, Geoffrey Alan Turner, George Lange Paul, Sarkis Keshishian, and Peter John Mahon, Energy Storage Systems Pty Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,998,847 (20060214), Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module, Kevin I. Bertness and Stephen J. McShane, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,998,991 (20060214), Dual carbon monoxide sensor system with control catalyst: new CO and humidity method and apparatus, Mark K. Goldstein and Robert Banach, Quantum Group Inc.

U.S. 6,999,221 (20060214), Bimorphic polymeric photomechanical actuator, Sergey S. Sarkisov, Michael J. Curley, Grigory Adamovsky, Sergey S. Sarkisov Jr., and Aisha B. Fields, Alabama A&M University and The United States of America.

U.S. 6,999,304 (20060214), Foil structures for use in a capacitor with an anode foil and a cathode foil stacked together, Brian L. Schmidt, Michael J. O’Phelan, Michael Krautkramer, Gregory J. Sherwood, and A. Gordon Barr, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

U.S. 7,000,297 (20060221), Electrochemical cell current collector having openings of progressively larger sizes converging at a tab, Dominick Frustaci, Tina Urso, and Gary Freitag, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,000,665 (20060221), Stacking apparatus and method for assembly of polymer batteries, Michael Parker and Gilles Gagno, Avestor Limited Partnership (CA).

U.S. 7,000,823 (20060221), Fluxless brazing, Kostas F. Dockus, Robert H. Krueger, Brian E. Cheadle, Mark S. Kozdras, and Feng Liang, Dana Canada Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,001,209 (20060221), Terminal structure and mounting part, Nobuhito Ebine, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,001,226 (20060221), Connecting cable, Rouven Hermann, Alexander Rosenthal, and Marco Schweizer, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,001,439 (20060221), Zinc/air cell assembly, Keith Buckle, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,001,581 (20060221), Method for producing nanocarbon materials, Soichiro Kawakami, Tomoya Yamamoto, Hitomi Sano, and Atsushi Tani, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,001,586 (20060221), CO-free hydrogen from decomposition of methane, Haiyou Wang and R. Terry K. Baker, Catalytic Materials, LLC.

U.S. 7,001,681 (20060221), Water vapor transport power generator, Roland A. Wood, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 7,001,682 (20060221), Solid-oxide fuel cell system having means for controlling tail gas combustion temperature, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,001,683 (20060221), Separator for fuel cell and method for producing the same, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,001,684 (20060221), Systems for planar fuel cell interconnect units, Rajiv Doshi and Jie Guan, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,001,685 (20060221), Fuel cell stack assembly load frame with compression spring, Larisa S. Bobrov, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Haskell Simpkins, Michael T. Faville, Sean M. Kelly, and Subhasish Mukerjee, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,001,686 (20060221), Process for forming an integral gasket on a bipolar plate for a PEM fuel cell, Allan R. Wells, Gary J. DeAngelis, Arthur R. Williams, and Carolyn Fleming, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,001,687 (20060221), Unitized MEA assemblies and methods for making same, Michael G. Gaines, George R. King, and Kenneth J. Schmitt, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 7,001,688 (20060221), Solid polymer type fuel battery, Hideki Ito, Toshiro Kobayashi, Takuya Moriga, and Akihiko Yamada, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,001,689 (20060221), Zinc/air cell, Keith Buckle, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,001,690 (20060221), Lithium-based active materials and preparation thereof, Jeremy Barker and M. Yazid Saidi, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,001,691 (20060221), Electrode and a battery containing the electrode, Giovanni Pietro Chiavarotti, Jean Constanti, and Giuseppe Vono, Becromal SpA (IT).

U.S. 7,001,865 (20060221), Catalyst for use in fuel electrode of polymer solid electrolyte type fuel cell, Tomoyuki Tada and Masahiko Inoue, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo KK (JP).

U.S. 7,001,929 (20060221), Proton conductive membrane having improved thermal stability, Kohei Goto, Mayumi Kakuta, Fusazumi Masaka, Kiyonori Kita, Naoki Mitsuta, Masaru Iguchi, Hiroshi Soma, and Nagayuki Kanaoka, JSR Corporation (JP) and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,003,353 (20060221), Photovoltaic powered charging apparatus for implanted rechargeable batteries, Leon Parkhouse, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,003,356 (20060221), Battery terminal sealing and supporting device and method, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Mikito Nagata, David DeMuth, and Michael Bowers, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,003,410 (20060221), Electronic battery tester with relative test output, Kevin I. Bertness and J. David Vonderhaar, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,003,411 (20060221), Electronic battery tester with network communication, Kevin I. Bertness, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,003,431 (20060221), Battery management system and apparatus, Jonathan B. Quint and Steven H. Dworkin.

U.S. 7,003,679 (20060221), System and method for storing a charging algorithm and charging methodology associated with a battery and selectively connecting a critical circuit to a battery voltage pin, Austin H. Lesea and John S. Elward, Xilinx, Inc.

U.S. 7,004,207 (20060228), Refilling system for a fuel cell and method of refilling a fuel cell, Gennadi Finkelshtain, Mark Estrin, Moti Meron, Eric Torgeman, and Rami Hashimshony, More Energy Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 7,004,274 (20060228), Installation structure of battery unit, Masaru Shibasawa and Tohru Ono, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,004,710 (20060228), Hydraulic battery changer, Jim D. Quade.

U.S. 7,004,994 (20060228), Method for making a film from silver-containing particles, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,005,181 (20060228), Organic, open cell foam materials, their carbonized derivatives, and methods for producing same, Donald F. Albert, Greg R. Andrews, and Joseph W. Bruno, American Aerogel Corporation.

U.S. 7,005,204 (20060228), Fuel cell power supply, Satoshi Aoyagi, Hibiki Saeki, Kazunori Watanabe, and Kazuo Kotaka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,005,205 (20060228), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Hisaaki Gyoten, Osamu Sakai, Kazuhito Hatoh, Junji Niikura, Hideo Ohara, and Kazufumi Nishida, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,005,206 (20060228), Fuel cell assembly for portable electronic device and interface, control, and regulator circuit for fuel cell powered electronic device, Craig Lawrence, Alexey Salamini, Bruce MacGregor, and David Bliven, Polyfuel, Inc.

U.S. 7,005,207 (20060228), Fuel cell, Michio Horiuchi, Shigeaki Suganuma, Misa Watanabe, and Shuji Yamazaki, Shinko Electric Industries Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,005,208 (20060228), Method for mounting seals for fuel cell and fuel cell, Toshihiko Suenaga, Masajiro Inoue, and Nobuaki Kimura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,005,209 (20060228), Fuel cell stack assembly, Michael G. Gaines, George R. King, and Kenneth J. Schmitt, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 7,005,210 (20060228), Flow fields for fuel cells, George R. King, The Texas A&M University System.

U.S. 7,005,211 (20060228), Electrode, lithium battery having the electrode, and method of manufacturing the same, Kyungho Kim, Hyunsook Jung, and Sunghwan Na, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,005,212 (20060228), Hydrogen absorbing alloy and secondary battery, Isao Sakai, Tatsuoki Kohno, Shirou Takeno, Takamichi Inaba, Hideki Yoshida, Masaaki Yamamoto, Hirotaka Hayashida, Shusuke Inada, Hiroshi Kitayama, Motoya Kanda, Fumiyuki Kawashima, and Takao Sawa, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,005,213 (20060228), Ionically conductive additive for zinc-based anode in alkaline electrochemical cells, Ernest Ndzebet, Stephanie R. Curtis, and Viet H. Vu, Rayovac Corp.

U.S. 7,005,214 (20060228), Noble metals coated on titanium current collectors for use in nonaqueous Li/CFx cells, Esther S. Takeuchi, Bruce Platt, Sally Ann Smesko, Eric Ziarniak, and Mark Roy, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,005,378 (20060228), Processes for fabricating conductive patterns using nanolithography as a patterning tool, Percy Vandorn Crocker Jr., Linette Demers, and Nabil A. Amro, Nanoink, Inc.

U.S. 7,005,397 (20060228), Electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method of producing the same, Yoshihiro Hori, Takeshi Yonamine, Makoto Uchida, and Osamu Sakai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,005,401 (20060228), Method of preparation of non-platinum composite electrocatalyst for cathode of fuel cell, Tianhong Lu, Xuguang Li, and Wei Xing, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CN) and Chinese Academy of Science (CN).

U.S. 7,005,404 (20060228), Substrates with small particle size metal oxide and noble metal catalyst coatings and thermal spraying methods for producing the same, Ting He, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,005,405 (20060228), Metal oxide sintered structure and production method therefor, Seiichi Suenaga, Takayuki Fukasawa, Miho Maruyama, and Yasuhiro Goto, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,005,545 (20060228), Process for producing fluorinated fluorosulfonylalkyl vinyl ether, Akinari Sugiyama, Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Kazuyoshi Ichihara, and Toshiya Mantani, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,005,830 (20060228), Rechargeable battery pack with adaptive regenerative energy control and method thereof, Stephen W. Moore and Harry L. Husted, Enerdel, Inc.

U.S. 7,005,832 (20060228), Device for a battery charger, Peter Nordlof, Creator Teknisk Utveckling AB (SE).

U.S. 7,006,340 (20060228), Circuit configuration for protecting a battery against deep discharge, Helmut Waltenberger, Infineon Technologies AG (DE).

U.S. 7,006,346 (20060228), Positive electrode of an electric double layer capacitor, Yuri Mironovich Volfkovich, Alexey Yurievich Rychagov, Nina Azrielevna Urisson, and Tatiana M. Serdyuk, C and T Company, Inc. (CA).