U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1304 (March 2006)

U.S. 7,007,509 (20060307), Method of making glass compositions for ceramic electrolyte electrochemical conversion assemblies and assemblies made thereby, Gary Mark Crosbie, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,007,715 (20060307), Pressure release valve, Junichi Nakayama, Toshihiro Mukaida, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Atsushi Saito, and Kazuo Yamashita, NOK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,007,766 (20060307), Fuel cell vehicle, Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,007,767 (20060307), Battery retainer assembly for children’s ride-on vehicles, Daniel J. Damon, Mattel, Inc.

U.S. 7,007,872 (20060307), Methods for modifying the surface area of nanomaterials, Tapesh Yadav and Karl Pfaffenbach, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 7,008,219 (20060307), Boil-off gas processing system using electric heater, Toshiaki Shimada, Takahiro Kuriiwa, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,008,465 (20060307), Cleanable high efficiency filter media structure and applications for use, Kristine M. Graham, Timothy H. Grafe, and Mark A. Gogins, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,008,526 (20060307), Processes for producing coke, artificial graphite and carbon material for negative electrode of non-aqueous solvent type secondary battery and pitch composition used therefor, Koichi Kanno, Hirotaka Tsuruya, and Ryuji Fujiura, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,562 (20060307), Method of forming polythiophene dispersions, Friedrich Jonas and Stephan Kirchmeyer, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,008,564 (20060307), Cured composite materials for reactive metal battery electrolytes, Mason K. Harrup, Frederick F. Stewart, and Eric S. Peterson, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S. 7,008,566 (20060307), Oligo phosphate-based electrode active materials and methods of making same, Jeremy Barker and M. Yazid Saidi, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,584 (20060307), Method for fabricating a seal-integrated separator, Masajiro Inoue, Toshihiko Suenaga, Nobuaki Kimura, and Keisuke Andou, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,008,597 (20060307), Catalytic reactor, Hendrik Martinus Wentinck and Jacobus Antonius Jozef Smit, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 7,008,604 (20060307), Method for cutting nanotubes, Richard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Hongjie Dai, Jie Liu, Andrew G. Rinzler, Jason H. Hafner, Kenneth A. Smith, Ting Guo, Pavel Nikolaev, and Andreas Thess, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,008,608 (20060307), Li-Co-Mn oxide as cathode material for lithium batteries and method of synthesis of the same, Yong Joon Park, Young Sik Hong, Xianglan Wu, Kwang Man Kim, Young Gi Lee, Kwang Sun Ryu, and Soon Ho Chang, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (KR).

U.S. 7,008,609 (20060307), Method for producing hydrogen gas utilizing mechano-corrosive reaction, Masao Watanabe and Yoko Watanabe, Dynax Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,706 (20060307), Drive system incorporating a hybrid fuel cell, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Zdravko Menjak, Boyko Aladjov, and Hong Wang, Ovonic Fuel Cell Co. LLC.

U.S. 7,008,707 (20060307), Direct water vaporization for fuel processor startup and transients, Steven G. Goebel, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,008,708 (20060307), System and method for early detection of contaminants in a fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,008,709 (20060307), Fuel cell having optimized pattern of electric resistance, Kevin R. Keegan and Diane M. England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,710 (20060307), Fuel cell system with air cooling device, Jefferson YS Yang and Yao-Sheng Hsu, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 7,008,711 (20060307), Thermally integrated fuel cell power system, Joseph M. Pondo, David J. Goodwin, Chakravarthy Sishtla, Randy J. Petri, and Robert J. Remick, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,008,712 (20060307), Split cell type fuel cell stack, Yukio Naruse, Noboru Ohwaki, Shoji Nawa, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd (JP).

U.S. 7,008,713 (20060307), Fullerene-based proton conductive materials, Berthold Nuber and Bjoern Pietzak, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,714 (20060307), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Teruhisa Kanbara, Kazuhito Hatoh, and Junji Niikura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,715 (20060307), Thermal and vibrational break for high-temperature gas tubes in a solid-oxide fuel cell, Curtis A. Richardson, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Sean M. Kelly, and Bernard Edlinger, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,716 (20060307), Gasket material for a fuel cell, Diane M. England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,717 (20060307), Diaphragm pump and anode stream recirculation system using such pump for a fuel cell, Jefferson YS Yang, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 7,008,718 (20060307), Fuel cell assembly, Tadahiro Kubota, Jun Sasahara, Nariaki Kuriyama, Yuji Isogai, and Sang-Joon John Lee, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and The Board of Trustees of the Lealand Stanford Junior University.

U.S. 7,008,719 (20060307), Battery leakage containment system, Tracy L. Zaffino.

U.S. 7,008,720 (20060307), Battery having a terminal lead surface covering layer and related method, Osamu Shimamura, Hideaki Horie, Kyoichi Watanabe, Takaaki Abe, Takanori Itou, Hiroshi Sugawara, and Yuuji Tanjou, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,721 (20060307), Battery and lead-insulating film, Rikiya Yamashita, Kazuki Yamada, and Masataka Okushita, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,722 (20060307), Polymer-gel lithium ion battery, Sui-Yang Huang.

U.S. 7,008,723 (20060307), Method of manufacture of an anode composition for use in a rechargeable electrochemical cell, Josef Daniel-Ivad, James R. Book, and Elfriede Daniel-Ivad, Ecosol Solar Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,008,724 (20060307), Lithium cell with mixed polymer system, Steven D. Cochran and Gregory K. MacLean, Enerdel, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,725 (20060307), Hydrogen-storing carbonaceous material and method for producing the same, hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material and method for producing the same and battery and fuel cell using hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material, Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,726 (20060307), Secondary battery electrode active materials and methods for making the same, George Adamson, Jeremy Barker, and M. Yazid Saidi, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,727 (20060307), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi and Gorou Shibamoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,728 (20060307), Non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same, Jin-Sung Kim, Sang-Moon Hwang, Ryuichi Shimizu, Takitaro Yamaguchi, Meen-Seon Paik, Jin-Wook Lee, and Cheol-Soo Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,008,971 (20060307), Composite polymer electrolytes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Karl Milton Taft III, Matthew Robert Kurano, and Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Hoku Scientific, Inc.

U.S. 7,009,136 (20060307), Method of fabricating a bipolar plate assembly, Harald Schlag, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,009,362 (20060307), Standalone implantable medical power module, Hisashi Tsukamoto and Pang Hoo Tan, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,009,363 (20060307), Optimized battery life in multiple battery applications, Richard A. Beals and David Long, PathFinder Energy Services, Inc.

U.S. 7,009,364 (20060307), Selector circuit for power management in multiple battery systems, Vlad Popescu Stanesti, Marian Niculae, and Constantin Bucur, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,009,401 (20060307), Battery apparatus and method for monitoring battery state of a secondary battery, Takuya Kinoshita, Hideki Miyazaki, Akihiko Emori, and Tokiyoshi Hirasawa, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,009,833 (20060307), Charge storage device, George Lange Paul, Rory Albert James Pynenburg, Peter John Mahon, Anthony Michael Vassallo, Philip Andrew Jones, Sarkis Keshishian, and Anthony Gaetano Pandolfo, Energy Storage Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,011,004 (20060314), Trimming apparatus and method for fuel cell membrane/electrode coupling and transporting apparatus, Tetsuo Ishii and Akihiro Ohsugi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,011,538 (20060314), Dual input charger with cable storing mechanism, Chi-Lin Chang, Elementech International Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,011,693 (20060314), Control of a hydrogen purifying pressure swing adsorption unit in fuel processor module for hydrogen generation, Kiran Mallavarapu, John B. Ruhl, and Craig S. Gittleman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,011,694 (20060314), CO-selective membranes containing amino groups, W. S. Winston Ho, University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

U.S. 7,011,768 (20060314), Methods for hydrogen storage using doped alanate compositions, Craig M. Jensen and Scott D. Redmond, FuelSell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,011,805 (20060314), Production of tetrabasic lead sulfate from solid state reactions for the preparation of active plates to be used in lead-acid batteries, Ricardo Flores-Lira and Sanjuana Garza-De La Garza, GES Technologies IP GmbH (CH).

U.S. 7,011,807 (20060314), Supported catalysts having a controlled coordination structure and methods for preparing such catalysts, Bing Zhou, Michael Rueter, and Sukesh Parasher, Headwaters Nanokinetix, Inc.

U.S. 7,011,901 (20060314), Fuel cell generation system and method, Tetsuya Ueda, Shinji Miyauchi, and Akinari Nakamura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,011,902 (20060314), Black start method and apparatus for a fuel cell power plant, and fuel cell power plant with black start capability, Martin T. Pearson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,011,903 (20060314), Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system, Glen E. Benson, Arne W. Ballantine, John W. Parks, Wieslaw J. Zielinski, Eric T. White, and Robert A. Sinuc, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,011,904 (20060314), Fluid passages for power generation equipment, Ronald Scott Bunker, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,011,905 (20060314), Solid polymer electrolyte membrane, solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell using the membrane and method of fabricating the same, Shigeru Sakamoto, Hiroko Sanda, Hirosaku Nagano, Hidekazu Kuromatsu, and Kiyoyuki Namura, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP) and Kaneka Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,011,906 (20060314), Battery for an electrical appliance that consumes low voltage battery, Sung-Nien Kao (TW).

U.S. 7,011,907 (20060314), Secondary battery cathode active material, secondary battery cathode and secondary battery using the same, Takehiro Noguchi, Tatsuji Numata, and Daisuke Kawasaki, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,011,908 (20060314), Manganese, bismuth mixed metal oxide cathode for rechargeable lithium electrochemical systems, Terrill B. Atwater, Alvin J Salkind, and Arek Suszko, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,011,988 (20060314), Build-up structures with multi-angle vias for chip to chip interconnects and optical bussing, Robert Forcier, FlipChip International, LLC.

U.S. 7,012,124 (20060314), Solid polymeric electrolytes for lithium batteries, Charles A. Angell, Wu Xu, and Xiaoguang Sun, Arizona Board of Regents.

U.S. 7,012,402 (20060314), Battery charging control, Gary Miller and John Atkins, Sabine, Inc.

U.S. 7,012,403 (20060314), Charger with replaceable signal line for a car, Steve Han Shi Hwang (TW).

U.S. 7,012,404 (20060314), Battery cover assembly having integrated battery condition monitoring, David C. Batson, Microchip Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,012,405 (20060314), Charging circuit for secondary battery, Junji Nishida and Shinya Manabe, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,012,406 (20060314), Method of periodic refresh charging of storage battery packs, Bernd Heigl and Bernd Ziegler, Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (LI).

U.S. 7,012,407 (20060314), Charging and discharging control circuit and charging type power supply unit, Wei Zhang, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,012,433 (20060314), Battery tester upgrade using software key, Clark E. Smith, Kevin I. Bertness, and Stephen J. McShane, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,012,434 (20060314), Method for determining the amount of charge which can be drawn from a storage battery and monitoring device, Ingo Koch, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,012,728 (20060314), Electrochemical device, such as an electrically controlled system with variable optical and/or energy properties, Claude Morin, Fabien Beteille, and Jean-Christophe Giron, Saint-Gobain Glass France (FR).

U.S. 7,013,659 (20060321), Battery cooling system for vehicle, Makoto Yoshida, Mitsuyo Oomura, Toshinobu Homan, Keita Honda, and Hiroshi Kishita, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,013,709 (20060321), High throughput preparation and analysis of plastically shaped material samples, Damian A. Hajduk and Oleg Kolosov, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,001 (20060321), High-voltage energy regulated conversion circuit, Joel Beckerman, Joseph Carl Burba, Matthew Roger DeDona, and Raymond Spiteri, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,014,002 (20060321), Battery holding structure for vehicle, Fumio Mizuta, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,014,435 (20060321), Scroll fluid machine, Ken Yanagisawa and Tamotsu Fujioka, ANEST IWATA Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,494 (20060321), Battery connecting apparatus with fast assembling mechanism, Shih-An Lee and Kai-Hsiang Chang, Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,014,666 (20060321), Rechargeable battery, Toshikazu Ura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,718 (20060321), Rare earth magnet alloy ingot, manufacturing method for the same, R-T-B type magnet alloy ingot, R-T-B type magnet, R-T-B type bonded magnet, R-T-B type exchange spring magnet alloy ingot, R-T-B type exchange spring magnet, and R-T-B type exchange spring bonded magnet, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masahide Utsunomiya, and Tadanao Ito, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 7,014,799 (20060321), Method of forming mesoscopically structured material, Peidong Yang, Tao Deng, George M. Whitesides, Galen Stucky, Dongyaun Zhao, Bradley Chmelka, David Pine, and Pingyun Feng.

U.S. 7,014,822 (20060321), Fluid treating device, Norihisa Shinke, Kazuhiro Hirai, and Seisaku Higashiguchi, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,928 (20060321), Direct current/direct current converter for a fuel cell system, Christos A. Kambouris and John T. Bates, Ballard Power Systems Corp.

U.S. 7,014,929 (20060321), Fuel cell, David Champion and Gregory S. Herman, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,014,930 (20060321), Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer to generate multiple reformate gases, Michael J. Daniel and Shawn D. Bauer, Arvin Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,931 (20060321), Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells, Yimin Zhu and Piotr Zelenay, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,014,932 (20060321), Drainage system and process for operating a regenerative electrochemical cell system, Dean Halter and Spyros Nomikos, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,933 (20060321), Cathode saturation arrangement for fuel cell power plant, William P. Collins, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,014,934 (20060321), Tubular flat plate fuel cells and method of making the same, Robert F. Novak, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 7,014,935 (20060321), Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack having specific corrosion resistant cells, Shanna D. Knights and David P. Wilkinson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,014,936 (20060321), Fuel cell block, Detlev Coerlin and Arno Mattejat, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,014,937 (20060321), Architected fuel cell system for modular application, Michael M. Walsh, Richard G. Betzwieser, and Karl F. Knapp, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,014,938 (20060321), Separator for fuel cell, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,014,939 (20060321), Fuel cell and fuel cell stack, Toshihiko Suenaga, Narutoshi Sugita, Takayuki Ogawa, Keisuke Andou, and Masajiro Inoue, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,014,940 (20060321), High-polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Nobuhiro Hase, Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo Ohara, Shinsuke Takeguchi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, and Tatsuto Yamazaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,941 (20060321), Electrode catalyst for HS fuel cells, Karl T. Chuang, Jingli Luo, Guolin Wei, and Alan R. Sanger, The Governors of the University of Alberta (CA).

U.S. 7,014,942 (20060321), Method for solid oxide fuel cell anode preparation, Raymond J. Gorte, John M. Vohs, and Radu Craciun, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

U.S. 7,014,943 (20060321), Thin-film gas diffusion electrode and the method for making the same, Wen-Chin Li, Shu-Chin Chou, Shinn-Horng Yeh, Kuan-Liang Chen, Kun-Lung Hsien, and Min-Lun Chen, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 7,014,944 (20060321), Electrodes for alkaline fuel cells with circulating electrolyte, Karl Kordesch and Martin Cifrain, Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,945 (20060321), Battery cooling system, Robert G. Moores Jr., Rouse R. Bailey Jr., Robert Bradus, John R. Cochran, Lee W. Ramstrom, Fred S. Watts, Paul S. White, Daniele C. Brotto, and Janet M. Embrey, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 7,014,946 (20060321), Modular rack battery system, Kenneth Michael Partington and Rhodri Evans, Hawker Batteries Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,014,947 (20060321), Integral membrane support and frame structure, A. John Speranza and Mark E. Dristy, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,948 (20060321), Electrochemical device using multicomponent composite membrane film, Seung-Jin Lee, Hyang-Mok Lee, Soon-Ho Ahn, Jin-Yeon Cho, Hyun-Hang Yong, Hyung-Keun Lee, Sang-Young Lee, Heon-Sik Song, Byeong-In Ahn, Soon-Yong Park, and You-Jin Kyung, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,014,949 (20060321), Battery pack and rechargeable vacuum cleaner, Hideyuki Kanai, Motoya Kanda, Katsumi Hisano, and Hideo Iwasaki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,014,950 (20060321), Lead outlet structure of secondary battery in sheet type, Kazunori Ozawa, Takao Takasaki, Naoko Fujiya, and Shinichi Konno, Enax, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,951 (20060321), Carbonaceous material for hydrogen storage, and method for preparation thereof, carbonaceous material having hydrogen absorbed therein and method for preparation thereof, cell and fuel cell using carbonaceous material having hydrogen absorbed therein, Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,952 (20060321), Hydrogen-storing carbonaceous material and method for producing the same, hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material and method for producing the same and battery and fuel cell using hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material, Masashi Shiraishi, Hisashi Kajiura, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,953 (20060321), Regenerative bipolar fuel cell, Zdravko Menjak, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Latchezara M. Gradinarova, Hong Wang, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Subhash K. Dhar, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell, LLC.

U.S. 7,014,954 (20060321), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including vinylene carbonate and an antioxidant in the electrolyte, Akira Yamaguchi, Atsuo Omaru, Masayuki Nagamine, and Minoru Hasegawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,263 (20060321), Process for recovering fluoropolymers, Seisaku Kumai, Yutaka Fukatsu, and Ryota Tokura, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,366 (20060321), Fluorinated compound, fluoropolymer and process for its production, Seisaku Kumai, Yutaka Fukatsu, and Ryota Tokura, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,495 (20060321), Metallic very thin film, metallic very thin film multilayer body, and method for manufacturing the metallic very thin film or the metallic very thin film laminate, Yoshitada Murata, Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,674 (20060321), Booster pack with storage capacitor, J. David VonderHaar, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,015,676 (20060321), Battery control apparatus, Hirofumi Kohama, Hiroaki Yoshida, and Nobuya Furukawa, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,015,728 (20060321), High voltage floating current sense amplifier, Eric M. Solic, Intersil Americas Inc.

U.S. 7,015,822 (20060321), Battery capacity and usage system, Arthur J. Heiser Jr. and James F. Calvagna, Duffield Marine, Inc.

U.S. 7,016,177 (20060321), Capacitor heat protection, Guy C. Thrap, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,016,178 (20060321), Capacitor housing, Werner Erhardt, Hubertus Goesmann, Gerhard Niederberger, Stefan Nowak, and Klaus Schoch, EPCOS AG (DE).

U.S. 7,017,055 (20060321), Hub that can supply power actively, Lien-Hsun Ho, Cyber Power System Inc. (TW).

U.S. 7,017,361 (20060328), Cooling system for batteries in electric vehicle, Young-Hae Kwon, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR).

U.S. 7,017,792 (20060328), Integrated piping plate, machining method for same, machining apparatus for same, and machining equipment for same, Haretaro Hidaka and Michio Tsukamoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,017,884 (20060328), Fluid metering valve, Barry T. Brinks, Dana Nova Joyce Wolverton, Delbert Dwight Cannon, and Gary F. McDaniel, Woodward Governor Co.

U.S. 7,018,032 (20060328), Internal venting structure for fluid tanks, Eric A. Merz and Brian S. Hilton, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,233 (20060328), Adapter socket for a rechargeable battery, Ralph W. Griffin III and Ralph W. Griffin Jr.

U.S. 7,018,436 (20060328), Catalytic reactor with tangential flow distribution, Eric Sevenhuijsen and Hendrik Martinus Wentinck, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 7,018,500 (20060328), Apparatus and method for singulating porous fuel cell layers using adhesive tape pick head, Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Christopher James Kapusta, Samhita Dasgupta, and Stacey Joy Goodwin, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,018,518 (20060328), Biosensor carrying redox enzymes, Itamar Willner, Eugenii Katz, and Maya Zayats, Yissum Research Development Company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL).

U.S. 7,018,566 (20060328), Compounds derived from La(x)Mo(y)Oª and their use as ionic conductors, Francois Goutenoire and Philippe Lacorre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR).

U.S. 7,018,600 (20060328), Expanded carbon fiber product and composite using the same, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 7,018,601 (20060328), Carbon fiber product, and method of adjusting length of carbon fiber product, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 7,018,603 (20060328), Synthesis of lithium iron sulphides and their use as cathodes, Andrew G. Ritchie and Peter G. Bowles, Qinetiq Ltd. (UK).

U.S. 7,018,604 (20060328), Compounds for novel proton conducting membranes and methods of making same, Steven A. Poling, Steve W. Martin, and Jacob T. Sutherland, Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc.

U.S. 7,018,607 (20060328), Cathode material for lithium battery, Gholam-Abbas Nazri and Gregory Charles Garabedian, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,018,721 (20060328), Structure for interconnecting conductors and connecting method, Satoshi Nakamura, Rohm Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,731 (20060328), End-of-discharge control apparatus for a battery of rechargeable electrochemical cells, Serge Maloize, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 7,018,732 (20060328), System and method for management of gas and water in fuel cell system, Joseph Cargnelli, Todd A. Simpson, Robert C. Del Core, Stephen Burany, Jianming Ye, and Ricardo Bazzarella, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,018,733 (20060328), Fuel cell stack having coolant flowing along each surface of a cooling plate, Seiji Sugiura, Masaharu Suzuki, Tetsuya Koido, Yoshinori Wariishi, Yosuke Fujii, and Takaki Nakagawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,018,734 (20060328), Multi-element thin-film fuel cell, Charles C. Haluzak, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,018,735 (20060328), Biological fuel cell and methods, Adam Heller, Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.

U.S. 7,018,736 (20060328), Apparatus and method for preventing loss of electrical power in a portable electronic device, Yoshiyuki Nakajima and Yusuke Kan, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,737 (20060328), Battery pack including rechargeable batteries, Michael Perkins, Stuart Kurdi, George W. Heropoulos, and Larry Lynch, LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.

U.S. 7,018,738 (20060328), Electrode and battery using same, Yukiko Morioka, Masaharu Satoh, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Jiro Iriyama, Kentaro Nakahara, and Masahiro Suguro, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,739 (20060328), Positive active material and positive active material composition for lithium-sulfur battery and method of preparing positive active material composition, Jea-Woan Lee and Seung-Hee Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,018,740 (20060328), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash K Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 7,018,741 (20060328), Particulate positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary cell, Manabu Suhara, Naoshi Saito, Tsutomu Kato, and Megumi Yukawa, Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,742 (20060328), Active carbon-based nanotube battery, Xi Xian Niu.

U.S. 7,018,743 (20060328), Dual chemistry electrode design, Michael L. Guidi, Hong Gan, Mark J. Roy, and Susan L. Clare, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,019,324 (20060328), Strongly textured atomic ridge and dot MOSFETs, sensors and filters, Don Kendall, Starmega Corp.

U.S. 7,019,416 (20060328), Power source circuit, electronic device being equipped with same power source circuit and control method of power source circuit, Hiroshi Sasaki, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,019,420 (20060328), Battery pack with built in communication port, Eduard Kogan and Vladimir Yakhnich, Symbol Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,019,487 (20060328), Circuits, apparatuses, electrochemical device charging methods, and lithium-mixed metal electrode cell charging methods, John Cummings, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,019,488 (20060328), Battery power source device of electric power vehicle, Yoshitada Nakao, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,019,489 (20060328), Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack, Yuji Nakada, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,019,490 (20060328), Battery pack with case for secondary battery, Bunya Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,019,491 (20060328), Method and apparatus for indication of a charging condition, Stephen O. Bozzone and Joseph Patino, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,019,492 (20060328), Hand-held, manually-operated battery charger with emergency light, Wendal E. Baker and Michael J. Lely, Innovative Solutions & Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,019,493 (20060328), Method and apparatus for protection of batteries, Jari Astala, Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd. (FI).

U.S. 7,019,494 (20060328), Methods of charging lithium sulfur cells, Yuriy V Mikhaylik, Moltech Corporation.

U.S. 7,019,542 (20060328), Method and apparatus for battery testing, Joern A. Tinnemeyer, Cadex Electronics Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,019,960 (20060328), Electric double-layer capacitor, Michio Okamura, Hitoshi Nakamura, and Kotaro Kobayashi, Power Systems Co., Ltd. (JP), Japan Gore-Tex Inc. (JP), and Kokoku Intech Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,020,355 (20060328), Switchable surfaces, Joerg Lahann, Samir S. Mitragotri, and Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,020,519 (20060328), Hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use, Wilson Greatbatch and Jeffrey Deal, GentCorp Ltd.

U.S. 7,020,562 (20060328), Method of monitoring the operation of gas sensor and system therefor, Mark Lillis, Spyros Nomikos, and Dean Halter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.