U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1305 (April 2006)

U.S. 7,021,661 (20060404), Tank for the high-pressure storage of a fuel on a vehicle, Daniel Laurent, David Olsommer, and Daniel Walser, Conception et Developpement Michelin SA (CH).

U.S. 7,021,673 (20060404), Hose with corrugated metal tube, Norihiko Furuta, Yuji Takagi, and Tomohide Ito, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,021,823 (20060404), Temperature measuring arrangements in a battery pack for a hand-held tool, Stefan Roepke and Rainer Glauning, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,021,907 (20060404), Ventilation and purge of a hydrogen blower, Ralph Hobmeyr, Bernhard Wnendt, and Roland Matthe, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,022,145 (20060404), Lithium secondary battery, Jin Sung Kim, Jun Won Kang, Hak Soo Kim, and Jong Seob Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Cheil Industries Inc. (KR).

U.S. 7,022,146 (20060404), Method for providing a hermetically sealed coin cell, Robert S. Rubino, Hong Gan, Joseph Prinzbach, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,022,148 (20060404), Apparatus and method for supplying fuel to a gas-generating system, Wolfgang Luck, Martin Schafer, and Erik Theis, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,022,149 (20060404), Single chamber compact fuel processor, Curtis L. Krause, James F. Stevens, and Jennifer L. Phan, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,022,158 (20060404), Adsorption element and methods, Kevin John Seguin, Steven Alan Carter, Andrew James Dallas, Lefei Ding, Brian Nghia Hoang, and Jon Dennis Joriman, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,022,207 (20060404), Method and apparatus for peeling a thin film from a liner, Donald Ivan Hirsch, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,022,264 (20060404), Polymerizable composition and use thereof, Masataka Takeuchi, Shuichi Naijo, and Ayako Nishioka, Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,022,290 (20060404), System structure for in situ x-ray study of electrochemical cell component performance, John Gural, Jean-Bernard Leriche, Mathieu Morcrette, and Jean-Marie Tarascon, Rutgers, the State University.

U.S. 7,022,306 (20060404), Process for the production of hydrogen, Anil R. Oroskar, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche, Laszlo T. Nemeth, and Christine M . Rayner, UOP LLC.

U.S. 7,022,391 (20060404), Packaging material for electronic-part case, and others, Hideo Kawai, Katsumi Tanaka, Takahiro Aoyama, and Mitsuo Nakazaki, Showa Denko Packaging Co. (JP) and Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,425 (20060404), Electric energy generating apparatus and method of manufacturing the same, Nobuaki Sato, Takeaki Kozuka, Masataka Nakajin, and Koji Shimotoku, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,426 (20060404), Solid polymer fuel cell, Kaoru Fukuda, Keisuke Andou, Nobuhiro Saito, Masaaki Nanaumi, and Junji Matsuo, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.

U.S. 7,022,427 (20060404), Membrane for a fuel cell and method for producing the same, Hubertus Biegert, Peter Britz, Gabor Toth, and Peter Urban, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,022,428 (20060404), Low equivalent weight ionomer, Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, and Xin Kang Chen, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 7,022,429 (20060404), Fluid passages for power generation equipment, Ronald Scott Bunker, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,022,430 (20060404), Compact fuel cell with improved fluid supply, Naoyuki Enjoji and Masaharu Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,022,431 (20060404), Thin layer electrochemical cell with self-formed separator, Ehud Shchori and Shalom Luski, Power Paper Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 7,022,432 (20060404), Prismatic sealed battery module, Takashi Asahina, Shinji Hamada, Shinsuke Fukuda, and Toyohiko Eto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,022,433 (20060404), Negative active material, method of manufacturing its material, and lead acid battery, Hirofumi Umetani, Ikumi Ban, and Yoshihiro Eguchi, GS Yuasa Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,434 (20060404), Nickel-metal hydride storage battery and production method thereof, Chiaki Iwakura, Naoji Furukawa, Yoichi Izumi, and Yoshio Moriwaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,638 (20060404), Method and apparatus for manufacturing a fuel cell electrode, Yoshifumi Kaji and Masashi Murate, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,022,642 (20060404), Electrocatalyst and method of manufacturing the same, Shinji Yamamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,743 (20060404), Fuel cell, polyelectrolyte and ion-exchange resin used for same, Makoto Morishima, Tomoichi Kamo, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Yamaga, and Tohru Koyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,763 (20060404), Branched olefin copolymer, process for producing the same, and use thereof, Tomoaki Matsugi, Nobuo Kawahara, Hideyuki Kaneko, Shingo Matsuo, Shin-ichi Kojoh, and Norio Kashiwa, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,801 (20060404), Polymeric surfactants derived from cyclic monomers having pendant fluorinated carbon groups, Robert E. Medsker, Omnova Solutions Inc.

U.S. 7,022,810 (20060404), Proton exchange membrane materials for the advancement of direct methanol fuel-cell technology, Christopher J. Cornelius, Sandia Corp.

U.S. 7,022,811 (20060404), 3,4-Alkylenediox-ythiophene compounds and polymers thereof, Bert Groenendaal, John R. Reynolds, Carleton L. Gaupp, and Irina Schwendeman, Agfa-Gevaert (BE).

U.S. 7,022,812 (20060404), Battery polymeric material, battery separator, battery insulating packing, and lithium battery, Seiji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, Maruo Kamino, Nobuhiro Nishiguchi, and Masahiro Imanishi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,022,878 (20060404), Organic borate compounds and the nonaqueous electrolytes and lithium secondary batteries using the compounds, Juichi Arai, Hideaki Katayama, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hideki Takahashi, and Masaru Kato, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,023,107 (20060404), Power circuit for battery, Tatsuya Okuda and Takahiro Urakabe, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,023,175 (20060404), Battery cell size detection method, Huang Tai Guang, Li Wen Hua, and Robert Wentink, International Components Corp.

U.S. 7,023,176 (20060404), Transformerless charger with terminal safety features, Hiroshi Maebashi, Kenji Nagai, and Satoru Yamamoto, Uniden Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,023,178 (20060404), Voltage measuring apparatus, Akio Iwabuchi and Kazuya Aizawa, Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,023,179 (20060404), Charging apparatus and charging method, Tamiji Nagai, Kazuo Yamazaki, and Tadahisa Yamamoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,023,180 (20060404), Charging apparatus and method for a secondary battery of a portably electronic device, Tamiji Nagai, Kazuo Yamazaki, and Tadahisa Yamamoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,023,185 (20060404), Power supply for controlled parallel charging and discharging of batteries, Erlend Olson, Broadcom Corp.

U.S. 7,023,352 (20060404), Voltage-detecting method and related circuits, Li-Ming Tseng and Jen-Hong Lan, BenQ Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,024,321 (20060404), Battery monitoring system with low power and end-of-life messaging and shutdown, Daniel A. Deninger, Huey Trando, Michael Lockerman, Anthony M. Richards, and Mark D. Parisi, Qualcomm, Inc.

U.S. 7,024,574 (20060404), Method and structure for switching between two battery units for driving an electrically driven device, Shigefumi Odaohhara and Akiyoshi Tanaka, Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (SG).

U.S. 7,024,737 (20060411), Method for producing an electronic or electrical component with a plastic-passivated surface, Carsten Schuh and Wilhelm Hekele, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,024,869 (20060411), Addition of odorants to hydrogen by incorporating odorants with hydrogen storage materials, Pushpinder Singh Puri and Guido Peter Pez, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,025,159 (20060411), Cooling system for a vehicle battery, Mark Smith, Halim Wijaya, Jacob Mathews, Ranganathan Madhavan, Patrick Daniel Maguire, and James Castellano, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,025,602 (20060411), Contact for electronic devices, Dong Weon Hwang, Plastronics Socket Partners, LP and Dong Weon Hwang.

U.S. 7,025,875 (20060411), Diesel fuel reforming strategy, M. James Grieve, Christopher M. DeMinco, and Thomas R. Thoreson, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,025,903 (20060411), Reformer system process, Malcolm James Grieve, Juergen T. Kammerer, Amanda M. Weiss, and David Robert Schumann, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,025,907 (20060411), Carbon-containing lithium-iron composite phosphorus oxide for lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material and process for producing the same, Masao Kohzaki, Youji Takeuchi, and Yoshio Ukyo, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho (JP).

U.S. 7,025,947 (20060411), Catalysts for oxidative steam reforming of methanol as a new and efficient method for the selective production of hydrogen for fuel cells and their synthesis method, Robert C. Smith, Tyco Healthcare Group LP.

U.S. 7,026,065 (20060411), Fuel cell system heat recovery, Arne W. Ballantine and Ryan Hallum, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,026,066 (20060411), Electronic apparatus using fuel cell, Akihiro Ozeki and Shogo Hachiya, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,026,067 (20060411), Fuel cell stack with internal gas connections, Helmut Ringel, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,026,068 (20060411), Positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, Takeshi Takahashi, Masuhiro Morizaki, Atsushi Takeoka, and Junichi Tokuno, Nichia Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,069 (20060411), Lithium manganese bismuth mixed metal oxide for rechargeable electrochemicals systems, Terrill B. Atwater and Arek Suszko, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,026,070 (20060411), Positive electrode active material, positive electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using thereof, Takehiro Noguchi and Tatsuji Numata, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,071 (20060411), Non-crosslinked, amorphous, block copolymer electrolyte for batteries, Anne M. Mayes, Gerbrand Ceder, Yet-Ming Chiang, Donald R. Sadoway, Mehmet K. Aydinol, Philip P. Soo, Young-Il Jang, and Biying Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,026,072 (20060411), Lithium-based active materials and preparation thereof, Jeremy Barker and M. Yazid Saidi, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,026,073 (20060411), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Atsushi Ueda, Kazuya Iwamoto, Takafumi Oura, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Masaki Deguchi, and Takaharu Morikawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,074 (20060411), Lithium ion battery with improved safety, Chun-hua Chen, Yoo Eup Hyung, Donald R. Vissers, and Khalil Amine, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 7,026,075 (20060411), Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and nonaqueous electrolytic solution, Norio Takami and Haruchika Ishii, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,026,079 (20060411), Process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer configuration, Frank Louwet, Tom Cloots, and Hieronymus Andriessen, AGFA Gevaert (BE).

U.S. 7,026,377 (20060411), High performance fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin, method and apparatus for making the same, Frank Grant, Mayco Plastics.

U.S. 7,026,541 (20060411), Mobile photovoltaic battery charging station, Frank Heidrich, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,026,726 (20060411), Uninterruptible power supply device, Nobuo Shiojima, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,787 (20060411), Method and device for determining the starting capability of a vehicle, Rainer Mackel and Roger Zimmermann, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,026,788 (20060411), Battery leakage detection circuit for electric vehicle and leakage detection method for electric vehicle, Junya Yano and Takeshi Osawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,789 (20060411), Charging system for electronic devices, Stephen O. Bozzone, Ryan M. Nilsen, Joseph L. Dvorak, and Sacha B. Holland, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,026,790 (20060411), Built-in battery controller for personal telecommunication device, Han-sung Kim and Suk-man Kwon, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,026,791 (20060411), Electrochemical treatment method to reduce voltage delay and cell resistance in lithium/silver vanadium oxide cells, Marcus Palazzo, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Randolph Leising, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,026,792 (20060411), Apparatus and method for controlling output of secondary battery, battery pack system, and electric vehicle, Yusai Murakami, Teruyoshi Egoshi, and Norito Yamabe, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,026,793 (20060411), Super electrochemical capacitor including electrode plates having different quantities of electric charges, Chul-Wan Park, Shin Corp. (KR).

U.S. 7,028,530 (20060418), Gas detector, Nobuharu Katsuki, Rihito Shoji, Masaki Tada, and Junichi Yukawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,028,700 (20060418), Method and apparatus for level control in a water tank of a fuel reformer, W. Spencer Wheat, Vesna R. Mirkovic, David H. Melton, and David W. Harrison, Texaco, Inc.

U.S. 7,028,706 (20060418), Gas decompression device for fuel cell system, Akira Ando, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,029,287 (20060418), Electrical connector in which a wiping action is carried out in a narrow area, Akihiro Matsunaga, Masaaki Shimada, Akira Natori, and Keiichiro Suzuki, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,338 (20060418), Releasable side terminal battery cable connector clamp, Charles M. Orange and Steve Eller.

U.S. 7,029,517 (20060418), Devices and methods for hydrogen storage and generation, John Patrick Lemmon, Luke Nathaniel Brewer, and Job Thomas Rijssenbeek, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,029,521 (20060418), Process and device in connection with the production of oxygen or oxygen enriched air, Thomas Johansson, Ifo Ceramics Aktiebolag (SE).

U.S. 7,029,559 (20060418), Proton exchange composite membranes, composite solutions, and method for manufacturing and fuel cell using the same, Jongok Won, Yong Soo Kang, In-Hwan Oh, Heung Yong Ha, Sangwook Choi, Jee Won Choun, and Bum-Suk Jung, Korea Institute of Science Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,029,574 (20060418), Selective sorbents for purification of hydrocarbons, Ralph T. Yang, Frances H. Yang, Akira Takahashi, and Arturo J. Hernandez-Maldonado, The Regents of the University of Michigan.

U.S. 7,029,594 (20060418), Plasma processing method, Naoki Yasui, Masahiro Sumiya, Hitoshi Tamura, and Seiichi Watanabe, Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,600 (20060418), High capacity hydrogen storage material based on catalyzed alanates, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Meera Vijan, and Subhash K. Dhar, Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 7,029,640 (20060418), Process for selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a hydrogen containing stream, Jianhua Yao and James B. Kimble, ConocoPhillips Co.

U.S. 7,029,646 (20060418), Method for cutting single-wall carbon nanotubes through fluorination, John L. Margrave, Zhenning Gu, Robert H. Hauge, and Richard E. Smalley, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,029,649 (20060418), Combinations of hydrogen storage materials including amide/imide, Gregory P. Meisner and Michael P. Balogh, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,029,775 (20060418), Fuel cell system, Munehisa Horiguchi and Noriyuki Takada, Kabushikikaisha Equos Research (JP).

U.S. 7,029,776 (20060418), Method for improving a heat and mass transport in a diffusion layer of a fuel cell, and corresponding fuel cell, Heinz Wilkening, Jorg Huslage, and Frank Heser, Volkswagon AG (DE).

U.S. 7,029,777 (20060418), Fuel cell and passive support, Peter Mardilovich, Gregory S. Herman, Christopher Beatty, James O’Neil, and David Champion, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,029,778 (20060418), Fuel cell with simultaneous gas generation, Robert Frederick Benson and Lawrence C. Langebrake, University of South Florida.

U.S. 7,029,779 (20060418), Fuel cell and power chip technology, Stephen A. Marsh, Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,029,780 (20060418), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and method for operating the same and gas vent valve, Yasuji Ogami, Atsushi Ooma, and Michio Hori, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,029,781 (20060418), Microfuel cell having anodic and cathodic microfluidic channels and related methods, Stefano Lo Priore, Michele Palmieri, and Ubaldo Mastromatteo, STMicroelectronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,029,782 (20060418), Electrochemical hydrogen flow rate control system, Ryuichiro Maruyama, Masafumi Ata, and Makoto Oogane, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,783 (20060418), Fuel cell separator and production method therefor, Kazuhiko Otawa, Tsunemori Yoshida, and Katsunori Sugita, Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,784 (20060418), Nested fuel cell field plate, Charles M. Carlstrom, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,029,785 (20060418), Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, methods of manufacturing electrodes therefor, and apparatuses for making the same, Kazuhito Hatoh, Hisaaki Gyoten, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, and Yoshiki Nagao, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,786 (20060418), Single point watering apparatus for lead-acid battery, Daniel N. Campau, Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.

U.S. 7,029,787 (20060418), Power supply unit, Masashi Bando, Atsuhiro Naganuma, Satoyoshi Oya, and Kentaro Shibuya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,029,788 (20060418), 9V rechargeable battery, Jianbo Yu, Ping Zhang, Jiangfeng Wu, and Xuefeng Gao, Shenzhen Likexing Battery Co., Ltd. (CN).

U.S. 7,029,789 (20060418), Flat-type cell and combined battery utilizing the same, Hiroshi Kaneta, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,790 (20060418), Closed type battery, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Tetsuhiro Ogaku, Kikuo Hirano, and Jotaro Horiuchi, Neo Tokin Tochigi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,791 (20060418), Manufacturing method of positive active material for alkaline storage battery, nickel electrode using the same material and alkaline storage battery using the same nickel electrode, Masaru Kihara and Yoshitaka Baba, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,792 (20060418), Recombinant separator, Michael Cheiky and Wilson Hago, Zinc Matrix Power, Inc.

U.S. 7,029,793 (20060418), Nonaqueous electrolyte lithium secondary cell, Hiroe Nakagawa, Syuichi Izuchi, Takaaki Iguchi, Shigeru Sano, Kenichi Takeuchi, Keiichi Yamamoto, and Hiroo Arai, GS Yuasa Corp. (JP) and The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc (JP).

U.S. 7,029,794 (20060418), Lithium battery and electrode, Shizuo Ogura, Hidehisa Mokudai, Makoto Murata, and Barrie Linton Davies, Celanese Ventures GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,029,795 (20060418), Positive electrode material and battery using the same, Guohua Li, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,029,796 (20060418), Positive active material of a lithium-sulfur battery and method of fabricating same, Soo-Seok Choi, Yun-Suk Choi, Ji-Seong Han, Seung-Hee Park, Yong-Ju Jung, and Il-Young Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,029,797 (20060418), Electrode plate for alkaline storage battery and alkaline storage battery using the same, Naoto Sato and Nobuyasu Morishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,030,205 (20060418), Polydithiocarbamate resin, Alvie L. Foster Jr., Ivonne C. Weidner, and Maurice R. Smith, National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corp.

U.S. 7,030,206 (20060418), Polymer electrolyte and proton-conducting membrane, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Masaru Iguchi, Naoki Mitsuta, Hiroshi Sohma, and Toshihiro Ohtsuki, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and JSR Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,030,590 (20060418), Apparatus for refreshing batteries, Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Tomoo Muramatsu, and Hisakazu Okabayashi, Makita Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,030,591 (20060418), Integrated circuit implementing protection switch for battery charging and discharging with enhanced reverse voltage protection, Achim Stellberger, Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,030,592 (20060418), Battery charger amusement device, Sun Yu.

U.S. 7,030,597 (20060418), Photovoltaic-type charger, Serge Bruno and Serge Neuman, Somfy SAS (FR).

U.S. 7,030,618 (20060418), 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. 7,031,140 (20060418), Electric double layer capacitor, electrolytic cell and process for fabricating same, Seiji Omura and Kiyotaka Ito, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,405 (20060425), Lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing thereof, Yeong-Chan Bun and Kyu-Woong Cho, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,033,467 (20060425), Device for charging and activating hydrogen storage canister, Yaw-Chung Cheng, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,033,470 (20060425), Solid multi-component membranes, electrochemical reactor components, electrochemical reactors and use of membranes, reactor components, and reactor for oxidation reactions, Terry J. Mazanec, Thomas L. Cable, John G. Frye Jr., and Wayne R Kliewer, The Standard Oil Co.

U.S. 7,033,555 (20060425), Low temperature lithiation of mixed hydroxides, Feng Zou, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Juraj Babjak, Quan Min Yang, and Samuel Walton Marcuson, Inco Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,033,557 (20060425), Method for removal of contaminants from a hydrogen processor feed stream, as in a fuel cell power plant, Albert P. Grasso, Bryan F. Dufner, Jay C. Files, and John L. Preston Jr., UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,033,570 (20060425), Solar-thermal fluid-wall reaction processing, Alan W. Weimer, Jaimee K. Dahl, Allan A. Lewandowski, Carl Bingham, Karen J. Raska Buechler, and Willy Grothe, Regents of the University of Colorado and Midwest Research Institute.

U.S. 7,033,637 (20060425), Epitaxial thin films, Andrew Tye Hunt, Girish Deshpande, Wen-Yi Lin, and Tzyy-Jiuan Jan, MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,033,687 (20060425), Fuel cell power generation system and method of controlling fuel cell power generation, Tetsuya Ueda, Shinji Miyauchi, Masataka Ozeki, and Tomonori Asou, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,688 (20060425), Apparatus and method for controlling a fuel cell system, Mihail M. Penev, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,033,689 (20060425), Fuel cell system, Masatoshi Iio, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,690 (20060425), Solid oxide fuel cell, Jun Akikusa and Yoshitaka Tamou, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,691 (20060425), MEMS-based fuel cell and methods, Peter Mardilovich, Gregory S. Herman, David Champion, and James O’Neil, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,033,692 (20060425), Fuel cell separator, Kazuhiko Otawa, Tsunemori Yoshida, and Katsunori Sugita, Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,693 (20060425), Heterogeneous composite bipolar plate of a fuel cell, Ming San Lee, Long Jeng Chen, Chin Chia Su, and Ming Chih Lin, National Sun Yat-Sen University (TW).

U.S. 7,033,694 (20060425), Threaded fuel cell assembly, David Champion, Dennis Lazaroff, Peter Mardilovich, Gregory S. Herman, and James O’Neil, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,033,695 (20060425), Battery housing device, Youichi Sawachi, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,033,696 (20060425), Electric devices with improved bipolar electrode, Robert Lewis Clarke, Brian J. Dougherty, Stephen Harrison, J. Peter Millington, Samaresh Mohanta, and Bernd Busse, Plurion Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,033,697 (20060425), Battery unit and secondary battery employing the same, Sang-mok Park and Chan-hee Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,033,698 (20060425), Flexible cathodes, Christopher Boczer, Frank M. Delnick, Rosauro Del Rosario, Minkoo Kang, Lucyna M. Pawlowska, Michael Pozin, Dharmendra Rana, Maya Stevanovic, and John J. Weckesser, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,033,699 (20060425), Fuel cell cathodes and their fuel cells, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Hong Wang, and Boyko Aladjov, Ovonic Fuel Cell Co. LLC.

U.S. 7,033,700 (20060425), Formulation of zinc negative electrode for rechargeable cells having an alkaline electrolyte, Jeffrey Phillips, PowerGenix Systems, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,033,701 (20060425), Lithium secondary cell and method of fabricating the same, Ji Jun Hong, Kokam Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,033,702 (20060425), Particulate electrode including electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, Sankar Dasgupta, James K. Jacobs, and Rakesh Bhola, Electrovaya Inc (CA).

U.S. 7,033,703 (20060425), Composite material and current collector for battery, Kurtis C. Kelley, Charles F. Ostermeier, and Matthew J. Maroon, Firefly Energy, Inc.

U.S. 7,033,704 (20060425), Alkaline storage battery having a separator with pores, Naoto Sato and Nobuyasu Norishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,033,705 (20060425), Polymer electrolyte, rechargeable lithium battery and method of preparing rechargeable lithium battery, Takitaro Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Shimizu, and Cheol-Soo Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,033,706 (20060425), Resin compositions for polymer solid electrolytes as well as polymer solid electrolytes and polymer batteries using them, Satoshi Mori and Minoru Yokoshima, Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,033,707 (20060425), Organic cyclic carbonate additives for nonaqueous electrolyte in alkali metal electrochemical cells, Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,033,822 (20060425), Self-contained and streamlined methane and/or high purity hydrogen generation system, Valerie A. Maston, New Energy Solutions, Inc.

U.S. 7,034,082 (20060425), Cross-linked sulphonated polymers and their preparation process, Christophe Michot and Michel Armand, Hydro-Quebec (CA).

U.S. 7,034,174 (20060425), Mono-, oligo- and polymers comprising a 2,6-azulene group and their use as charge transport materials, Louise Diane Farrand, Michael Findlater, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,034,504 (20060425), Battery status monitoring apparatus which monitors internal battery resistance, saturation polarization detecting method and dischargeable capacity detecting method, Youichi Arai, Shuji Satake, Michito Enomoto, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, and Ken Ito, Yazaki Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,034,505 (20060425), Charging system, Masanobu Satou, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,034,540 (20060425), Voltage detection circuit for storage devices, Seiichi Anzawa, Hiroshi Nishizawa, and Fujio Matsui, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,034,541 (20060425), Query based electronic battery tester, Kevin I.Bertness, Stephen J. McShane, and Wilhelmus H. J. Koster, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,034,580 (20060425), Capacitor charging methods and apparatuses that use a secure parallel monitoring circuit, Kohichi Yano and Akihiko Fujiwara, Ricon Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,035,078 (20060425), Folded plate electrode assemblies for battery cathodes, Joseph J. Viavattine, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 7,035,084 (20060425), Secondary battery and capacitor using indole polymeric compound, Shinako Kaneko, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Masaki Fujiwara, Gaku Harada, and Masato Kurosaki, NEC Corp. (JP)