U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1306 (May 2006)

U.S. 7,036,324 (20060502), Hydrogen storage and supply system, Keith Bradley, Jeff Wyatt, Seung-Hoon Jhi, Young-Kyun Kwon, Jean Christophe Gabriel, and George Gruner, Nanomix Inc.

U.S. 7,037,349 (20060502), Method and apparatus for fuel/air preparation in a fuel cell, Kenneth J. Dauer, Michael R. Salemi, Richard F. Nashburn, and John Kirwan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,370 (20060502), Free-standing diamond structures and methods, Gerald T. Mearini and James A. Dayton Jr.

U.S. 7,037,431 (20060502), Method for removing acid from an aprotic liquid, Mayumi Otoba, Noboru Yamada, Katsumi Kawahara, Hiroyuki Ohta, Eiji Ohno, and Ken’ichi Nagata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,472 (20060502), Single-pipe cylinder-type reformer, Jun Komiya and Toshiyasu Miura, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,483 (20060502), Process for producing high-pressure hydrogen and system for producing high-pressure hydrogen, Takanori Suzuki, Izuru Kanoya, Mitsuya Hosoe, and Takeaki Isobe, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,037,581 (20060502), Conductive silicon composite, preparation thereof, and negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Mikio Aramata, Satoru Miyawaki, Susumu Ueno, Hirofumi Fukuoka, and Kazuma Momii, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,608 (20060502), Protection circuit module and battery pack incorporating the same, Koshi Nishimura and Mitsunori Nagashima, Rohm Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,609 (20060502), Fuel circuit of the fuel cell system, Tatsuya Sugawara and Kouji Miyano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,037,610 (20060502), Humidification of reactant streams in fuel cells, Alan P. Meissner, Mark G. Voss, Gregory G. Hughes, Joseph R. Stevenson, and Liping Cao, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 7,037,611 (20060502), Fuel cartridge for use with fuel cell, Makarand Gore and James Guo, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,037,612 (20060502), Moisture stabilization for a fuel cell power plant system, William P. Collins, Kazuo Saito, and Albert P. Grasso, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,037,613 (20060502), Temperature zones in a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit, Karl Jacob Haltiner Jr., Malcolm James Grieve, Kevin Richard Keegan, and Michael Thomas Faville, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,614 (20060502), Electrolyte composition, solid electrolyte membrane, solid polymer fuel cell and manufacturing method for solid electrolyte membrane, Nawalage Florence Cooray, Fumio Takei, and Masao Tomoi, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,615 (20060502), Trapping method and system for energy conversion devices, Malcolm James Grieve, Jeffrey G. Weissman, and Subhasish Mukerjee, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,616 (20060502), Fuel cell system having drain for condensed water stored in reforming reactor, Tadashi Nomura, Yasunori Kotani, and Hikaru Okada, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,037,617 (20060502), Conductive coatings for PEM fuel cell electrodes, David S. Eddy, Joseph V. Mantese, and Charles D. Oakley, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,618 (20060502), Apparatus and method for compressing a stack of electrochemical cells, Craig C. Andrews, Rattaya Chow Yalamanchili, and Oliver J. Murphy, Lynntech, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,619 (20060502), Gas diffusion electrode and fuel cell including same, Kiyoshi Yamaura and Toshiaki Kanemitsu, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,620 (20060502), Multi-cellular electrical battery, Robert R. Aronsson, Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,037,621 (20060502), Cell, cell production method, welded article production method and pedestal, Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Koichi Fukuta, Bunya Sato, Shuji Sasaki, Chiaki Anzai, and Hiroshi Anzai, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,622 (20060502), 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, Eisuke Negishi, Masashi Shiraishi, and Hisashi Kajiura, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,623 (20060502), Nonaqueous secondary battery, method for making negative electrode component therefor, and apparatuses for evaluating and making graphite material for negative electrode component, Kotaro Satori, Akinori Kita, and Atsuo Omaru, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,624 (20060502), Electrolyte for lithium battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium battery comprising same, Kyoung-Han Yew and Eui-Hwan Song, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,037,873 (20060502), Fuel cell electrocatalyst and method of producing the same, Hisao Kato, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,037,949 (20060502), Ion-exchange resin membrane and method for producing the same, Naoto Miyake and Takuya Hasegawa, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,037,950 (20060502), Partially fluorinated copolymer based on trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound and ionic conductive polymer membrane formed therefrom, Hae-kyoung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,038,333 (20060502), Hybrid power supply, Jordan T. Bourilkov, David N. Klein, and John Rotondo, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,038,424 (20060502), Method and apparatus for rejuvenating fuel cells, William A. Adams, Christopher L. Gardner, James H. Dunn, and Ron Vered, Estco Battery Management Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,038,425 (20060502), Method of measuring and displaying actual quantity of electricity of rechargeable battery being charged by external power source via charger, Chi-Chang Chuang, QQE Technology Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,038,426 (20060502), Method for prolonging the life of lithium ion batteries, John C. Hall, The Boeing Co.

U.S. 7,038,427 (20060502), Method for supplying power in an electrical power supply system having a supercapacitor, Daniel Kok, Engbert Spijker, and Lutz Gaedt, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,039,150 (20060502), Serial interface for a battery management system, Joseph Drori, Xicor, Inc.

U.S. 7,039,533 (20060502), Battery test module, Kevin I. Bertness, Jamey L. Butteris, and Michael J. Fritsch, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,039,534 (20060502), Charging monitoring systems, Ronald A. Ryno and Shirlee M. Ryno.

U.S. 7,040,109 (20060509), Fuel cell system and method of storing hydrogen, Masahiko Kimbara, Daigoro Mori, Takehiro Nito, Keiji Toh, and Hidehito Kubo, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 7,040,432 (20060509), Wire and pipe-laying structure for fuel cell vehicle, Satoshi Kawasaki and Takanori Mouri, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,040,596 (20060509), Solenoid valve for fuel cell, Kouji Sonoda, Masakazu Murai, Kouetsu Hikichi, Hideki Sasaki, Yoshio Saito, Koji Katano, Kazunori Fukuma, Hiroyasu Ozaki, Kouji Miyano, and Katsumi Sahoda, Keihin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,040,599 (20060509), Liquid sending and receiving joint device, Nobuo Katsuura and Toru Takahashi, Nix, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,040,606 (20060509), Humidifier, Keiji Okada, Nok Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,041,191 (20060509), Method for manufacturing membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell by printing processes, Charn-Ying Chen, Peng Yang, Ying-Sheng Lee, and Kin-Fu Lin, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (TW).

U.S. 7,041,239 (20060509), Electrodes comprising mixed active particles, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, and Tracy E. Kelley, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,041,272 (20060509), Systems and processes for providing hydrogen to fuel cells, Bowie G. Keefer, James A. Sawada, Erik P. Johannes, Surajit Roy, and Michael J. Brown, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,041,373 (20060509), Fibrous solid carbon manifold assembly and method for producing the same, Koichi Mukasa, Teruyuki Tsunabuchi, and Kazuhisa Sueoka, Hokkaido University (JP).

U.S. 7,041,380 (20060509), Packaging material for battery, Rikiya Yamashita, Yoichi Mochizuki, Kazuki Yamada, and Masataka Okushita, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,041,400 (20060509), Upgradable smart battery pack, Hun-June Kim, Dae-Young Youn, Dae-Jeong Kim, and Sang-Min Kim, Smart Power Solutions, Inc. (KR).

U.S. 7,041,401 (20060509), Magnetically modified electrodes containing at least one catalyst component that mediates a subatomic particle transfer process, Johna Leddy and Chaminda Hettige, University of Iowa Research Foundation.

U.S. 7,041,402 (20060509), Fuel electrode for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method for controlling solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kaoru Fukuda, Masaki Tani, Keisuke Andou, and Chikara Iwasawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,041,403 (20060509), Fixed IDC operation of fuel cell power plant, Paul A. Grubb, Paul R. Margiott, Sean Haggerty, Peter A. Golovchenko, and Glenn W. Scheffler, UTC Fuel Cells.

U.S. 7,041,404 (20060509), Passive control of fuel concentration in a liquid feed fuel cell, Joerg Zimmermann, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,041,405 (20060509), Fuel cell voltage control, Tommy Skiba, David D. Jayne, Paul A. Grubb, Rishi Grover, Timothy M. Remmers, and Wesley E. Sedlacek Jr., UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,041,406 (20060509), Fuel cell battery with an integrated heat exchanger, Alexander Schuler, John Schild, Markus Jenne, and Philip Holoch, Sulzer Hexis AG (CH).

U.S. 7,041,407 (20060509), Separator plate structure for fuel cell stack, Jefferson Y. S. Yang, Te-Chou Yang, Mike Pen-Mu Kao, Yao-Sheng Hsu, and Yaw-Chung Cheng, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,041,408 (20060509), Varied fuel cell oxidant flow channel depth resulting in fewer cooler plates, Jeremy P. Meyers, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,041,409 (20060509), Low equivalent weight ionomer, Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, and Xin Kang Chen, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 7,041,410 (20060509), Fuel cell stack in a pressure vessel, Willem Jan Oosterkamp (NL).

U.S. 7,041,411 (20060509), Method and apparatus for collecting condensate from combustible gas streams in an integrated fuel cell system, Michael M. Walsh, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,041,412 (20060509), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Sumihito Ishida, Shoichiro Watanabe, Isao Mochida, and Takashi Takeuchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,041,413 (20060509), Bipolar electronics package, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Clay Kishiyama, and Naoki Ota, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,041,414 (20060509), Silver manganese oxide electrodes for lithium batteries, Michael M. Thackeray, John T. Vaughey, and Dennis W. Dees, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 7,041,415 (20060509), Nonaqueous secondary battery, method for making negative electrode component therefor, and apparatuses for evaluating and making graphite material for negative electrode component, Kotaro Satori, Akinori Kita, and Atsuo Omaru, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,041,842 (20060509), Ferrocene-containing, organic gelling compound, and gel and cast film using the same, Nobuo Kimizuka, Noriyuki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Kagawa, and Hiroshi Yokobayashi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,042,226 (20060509), Method for determining the wear to a storage battery, and a monitoring device, Helmut Laig-Hoerstebrock, Eberhard Meissner, and Wilfried Tautenhahn, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,043,151 (20060509), Pipe heater manufacturing method and pipe heater, Hideki Tanaka, ESPEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,044,160 (20060516), Device for supplying the consumers of a fuel cell system with liquid media, Manfred Ruoff, Michael Nau, Marc Bareis, Horst Harndorf, and Frank Ilgner, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,045,044 (20060516), Dispersion composition containing perfluorocarbon-based copolymer, Yoshimichi Nakayama, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,114 (20060516), Method and apparatus for obtaining enhanced production rate of thermal chemical reactions, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Yong Wang, Robert S. Wegeng, and Yufei Gao, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 7,045,229 (20060516), Gas-supplying apparatus, gas-supplying mechanism and gas-supplying process in fuel cell, Tomoki Kobayashi, Takuma Kanazawa, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,045,230 (20060516), Chemical hydride hydrogen generation system and fuel cell stack incorporating a common heat transfer circuit, Ali Rusta-Sellehy and David Frank, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,045,231 (20060516), Direct hydrocarbon reforming in protonic ceramic fuel cells by electrolyte steam permeation, W. Grover Coors, Protonetics International, Inc.

U.S. 7,045,232 (20060516), Fuel cell system and method for producing electric energy using a fuel cell system, Olaf Duebel, Axel Koenig, Per Ekdunge, Peter Alin, Jessica Grace Reinkingh, and Ronald Mallant, Volkswagen AG (DE) and AB Volvo (SE).

U.S. 7,045,233 (20060516), Method and apparatus for electrochemical compression and expansion of hydrogen in a fuel cell system, James F. McElroy, Arne W. Ballantine, and Richard L. Chartrand, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,045,234 (20060516), Fuel-cell integral multifunction heater and methods, Peter Mardilovich, Gregory S. Herman, David Champion, and James O’Neil, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,045,235 (20060516), Fuel cell system including air flow control, Alan R. Arthur, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,045,236 (20060516), Heat and gas exchange system for battery, Michael G. Andrew, Gary P. Houchin-Miller, William P. Segall Jr., Thomas J. Dougherty, and William J. Wruck, Johnson Controls Technology Co.

U.S. 7,045,237 (20060516), Textured electrolyte for a solid oxide fuel cell, K. R. Sridhar and Dien Nguyen, Ion America Corp.

U.S. 7,045,238 (20060516), SORFC power and oxygen generation method and system, Matthias Gottmann, James Frederick McElroy, Fred Mitlitsky, and K. R. Sridhar, Ion America Corp.

U.S. 7,045,239 (20060516), Laminated structure and method of forming same, Richard Donelson and Theresa Lin, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,045,240 (20060516), Power generating apparatus having a proton conductor unit that includes a fullerene derivative, Atsuo Yamada, Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Ryuichiro Maruyama, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Takahiro Nakamura, and Hiroshi Miyazawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,241 (20060516), Proton conductive solid polymer electrolyte and method for producing the same, Hiroshi Akita and Teruaki Komiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,045,242 (20060516), Ion-conductive polymeric compound, polymeric electrolyte and electric device, Masahito Nishiura, Michiyuki Kono, and Masayoshi Watanabe, Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,243 (20060516), Cell plate structure for fuel cell, manufacturing method thereof and solid electrolyte type fuel cell, Keiko Kushibiki, Fuminori Satou, Mitsugu Yamanaka, Masaharu Hatano, Naoki Hara, Tatsuhiro Fukuzawa, Itaru Shibata, and Makoto Uchiyama, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,244 (20060516), Fuel cells utilizing non-porous nanofilm microchannel architecture, David Champion, Gregory S. Herman, and James O’Neil, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,045,245 (20060516), Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure, Jeffrey A. Rock, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,045,246 (20060516), Integrated thin film battery and circuit module, Edward J. Simburger, James H. Matsumoto, Paul A. Gierow, and Aloysius F. Hepp, The Aerospace Corp. and SRS Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,045,247 (20060516), Battery cathode, Terry Copeland, Stuart M. Davis, Tae-Won Lee, Alexander A. Leef, Gary A. Miller, and Shuming Zeng, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,045,248 (20060516), Secondary battery having radical compound electrode, Yutaka Bannai, Kentaro Nakahara, Yukiko Morioka, Shigeyuki Iwasa, and Masaharu Satoh, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,249 (20060516), Lithium cell with improved cathode, Kirakodu Nanjundaswamy, Todd Bofinger, Ignacio Chi, and George Cintra, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,045,250 (20060516), Non-aqueous electrolyte battery, Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Masahisa Fujimoto, Shin Fujitani, and Masahide Miyake, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,251 (20060516), Material for positive electrode and secondary battery, Hisashi Tsujimoto, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, Junji Kuyama, Masayuki Nagamine, Atsuo Omaru, and Hiroaki Tanizaki, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,045,252 (20060516), Alkaline battery including lambda-manganese dioxide, Paul A. Christian, Zhiping Jiang, and Rita Komm, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,045,253 (20060516), Zinc shapes for anodes of electrochemical cells, David G. Clash, Robert N. Mansfield Jr., Christopher F. Randell, Nghia Cong Tang, and Lewis F. Urry, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,045,372 (20060516), Apparatus and method for forming a battery in an integrated circuit, Arne W. Ballantine, Robert A. Groves, Jennifer L. Lund, James S. Nakos, Michael B. Rice, and Anthony K. Stamper, International Business Machines Corp.

U.S. 7,045,479 (20060516), Intermediate precursor compositions used to make supported catalysts having a controlled coordination structure and methods for preparing such compositions, Bing Zhou and Michael Rueter, Headwaters Nanokinetix.

U.S. 7,045,484 (20060516), Method of making a catalyst, Michael A. Fetcenko, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Kwo Young, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,045,990 (20060516), Portable device having a charging circuit and semiconductor device for use in the charging circuit of the same, Kyuichi Takimoto and Hidekiyo Ozawa, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,046,503 (20060516), Electrode for capacitor, Kiyonori Hinoki, Yousuke Miyaki, Kazuo Katai, Katsuo Naoi, Eiji Horigome, and Yuukichi Morita, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,048,044 (20060523), Heat control system, Koichi Ban, Yasushi Yamanaka, Takahisa Suzuki, and Teruhiko Kameoka, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,048,555 (20060523), Battery connector, Naoyuki Ono, SMK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,048,574 (20060523), Resilient contact structure with bypass wire and camera having such contact, Junichi Shinohara, Ikuya Tsurukawa, Akemi Miyoshi, and Kouji Yokoyama, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,048,596 (20060523), Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same, Dean D. Swearingen and Michael E. Uppleger, KonneKtech, Ltd.

U.S. 7,048,793 (20060523), Beneficiated water reducing compositions, Byong-wa Chun, Benita Dair, Charlotte B. Porteneuve, Ara Avedis Jeknavorian, Josephine Ho-Wah Cheung, and Lawrence R. Roberts, WR Grace & Co-Conn.

U.S. 7,048,822 (20060523), Packaging material for polymer cell and method for producing the same, Takanori Yamashita, Masataka Okushita, Kazuki Yamada, Rikiya Yamashita, Hiroshi Miyama, and Youichi Mochizuki, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,048,843 (20060523), Method for producing metal hydroxides or alkaline metal carbonates, Armin Olbrich, Astrid Gorge, Frank Schrumpf, Juliane Meese-Marktscheffel, Viktor Stoller, Gerhard Gille, Josef Schmoll, Michael Kruft, and Dirk Naumann, HC Starck GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,048,874 (20060523), Process for preparing an aqueous or non-aqueous solution or dispersion of a polythionphene or thiophene copolymer, Frank Louwet and Bert Groenendaal, AGFA-Gevaert (BE).

U.S. 7,048,897 (20060523), Hydrogen generator utilizing ceramic technology, Chowdary Ramesh Koripella, Christopher K. Dyer, Stephen P. Rogers, and Dominic Francis Gervasio, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,048,904 (20060523), Carbon fiber for a fuel cell having catalytic metal supported thereon, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 7,048,999 (20060523), Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof, 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, Wiiliam Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,049,008 (20060523), Hydrogen-permeable membrane and manufacturing method of the same, Naoki Ito, Satoshi Aoyama, Toshihide Nakata, Masahiko Iijima, and Hiromichi Sato, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,049,014 (20060523), Direct secondary alcohol fuel cells, Zhigang Qi, Mark Hollett, and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp.

U.S. 7,049,015 (20060523), Method of operating a fuel cell power source, Steven Duane Pratt, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Ronald James Kelley, and Robert W. Pennisi, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,049,016 (20060523), Fuel cell system and its startup control, Shinichi Takahashi and Koudai Yoshizawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,049,017 (20060523), Method and apparatus for monitoring equivalent series resistance and for shunting a fuel cell, Lijun Bai, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 7,049,018 (20060523), Method of operating a fuel cell system under freezing conditions, Richard D. Breault and Patrick L. Hagans, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,049,019 (20060523), Fuel cell, Tadashi Tsunoda, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,049,020 (20060523), Composites and composite membranes, Jochen Kerres, Thomas Haring, and Rima Haring, Thomas Haring (DE) and Rima Haring (DE).

U.S. 7,049,021 (20060523), Conductive composition for solid polymer type fuel cell separator, solid polymer type fuel cell separator, solid polymer type fuel cell and solid polymer type fuel cell system using the separator, Arata Sakamoto and Hiroyuki Okazaki, Osaka Gas Company Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,049,022 (20060523), Metal separator for fuel cell and production method therefor, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,049,023 (20060523), Fuel cell separator having a channel formed using a sealing member, Yosuke Fujii, Takayuki Ogawa, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Masaharu Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,049,024 (20060523), Membrane electrode assemblies and method for manufacture, Marzio Leban, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,049,025 (20060523), Gas diffusion substrate, Susan Joy Cooper, John Malcolm Gascoyne, Thomas Robertson Ralph, and Karen Leanne Hogarth, Johnson Matthey Public Ltd. Co. (GB).

U.S. 7,049,026 (20060523), Apparatus for filling the case of a lead battery with components for forming a gelled electrolyte, Xavier Jean-Marie Rene Muneret, Hawker SA (FR).

U.S. 7,049,028 (20060523), Method of manufacturing a lithium battery, a lithium battery and an electrical appliance, Petrus Henricus Laurentius Notten, Petra Elisabeth De Jongh, and Hans Feil, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NL).

U.S. 7,049,029 (20060523), Nonaqueous electrolyte composition for improving overcharge safety and lithium battery using the same, Sang-hoon Choy, Ho-sung Kim, Hee-young Sun, and Hyeong-gon Noh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,049,030 (20060523), Battery, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao, and Stuart M. Davis, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,049,031 (20060523), Protective coating on positive lithium-metal-oxide electrodes for lithium batteries, Christopher S. Johnson, Michael M. Thackeray, and Arthur J. Kahaian, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 7,049,032 (20060523), Secondary power source, Manabu Tsushima and Takeshi Morimoto, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,049,791 (20060523), Battery energy balance circuit and battery charging bypass circuit, Pao-Chuan Lin, Chun-Hsien Lee, Yi-Shuo Huang, and Chung-Lin Lee, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 7,049,792 (20060523), Method and apparatus for a hybrid battery configuration for use in an electric or hybrid electric motive power system, Robert Dean King, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,050,291 (20060523), Integrated ultracapacitor as energy source, Siva G. Narendra and Shekhar Y. Borkar, Intel Corp.

U.S. 7,051,008 (20060523), Method and system for determining state-of-health of a nickel-metal hydride battery using an intelligent system, Pritpal Singh, Craig Fennie Jr., and David E. Reisner, US Nanocorp.

U.S. 7,051,540 (20060530), Methods for fluid separations, and devices capable of separating fluids, Ward E. TeGrotenhuis and Victoria S. Stenkamp, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 7,051,789 (20060530), Two-piece mounting bracket for heat exchanger, Jeff Sheppard, Dana Canada Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,051,801 (20060530), Method and apparatus for humidification and temperature control of incoming fuel cell process gas, Joe Cargnelli and Ravi B. Gopal, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,052,105 (20060530), Battery residual capacity detection method and printing apparatus using the method, Yosuke Ushigome, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,052,250 (20060530), Reciprocating compressor, Haruo Miura, Shigeru Arai, Youichirou Fukai, and Yasuo Fukushima, Hitachi Industries Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,331 (20060530), Symmetrically adjustable corrosion-resistant battery cable connector, Scott D. Maxwell, Raymond Q. Draggie, Marian Maxwell, and Charles A. Lemaire.

U.S. 7,052,528 (20060530), Method for removal of Mn from cobalt sulfate solutions, Juraj Babjak, Miyuki Imai, and Tomoaki Kikkawa, Seido Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,530 (20060530), Hydrogen purification membranes, components and fuel processing systems containing the same, David J. Edlund, William A. Pledger, and R. Todd Studebaker, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,052,551 (20060530), Method of manufacturing a battery, Masayuki Shida, Sachio Akahira, Takanobu Yoshino, Kazuhiro Imaizumi, and Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,629 (20060530), Binder for battery, slurry for battery electrode, electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery, Koichiro Maeda and Haruhisa Yamamoto, Zeon Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,658 (20060530), Hydrogen generation cartridge and portable hydrogen generator, Alan R. Arthur and Phil Harding, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,052,671 (20060530), Storage, generation, and use of hydrogen, Andrew W. McClaine, Jonathan L. Rolfe, Christopher A. Larsen, and Ravi K. Konduri, Safe Hydrogen, LLC.

U.S. 7,052,738 (20060530), Fibrous solid carbon manifold assembly and method for producing the same, Koichi Mukasa, Teruyuki Tsunabuchi, and Kazuhisa Sueoka, Hokkaido University (JP).

U.S. 7,052,741 (20060530), Method of fabricating a fibrous structure for use in electrochemical applications, Maria G. Medeiros, Eric G. Dow, Russell R. Bessette, Craig M. Deschenes, Christopher N. Lafratta, Armand F. Lewis, and Yong K. Kim, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,052,760 (20060530), Honeycomb structural body and assembly thereof, Toshihiko Hijikata, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,787 (20060530), Solid high polymer type fuel cell power generating device, Osamu Tajima, Katsuya Oda, Tatsuji Hatayama, Ryuji Yukawa, Taketoshi Ouki, Akira Fuju, Koji Shindo, Kazuhiro Tajima, Satoshi Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Makihara, Keigo Miyai, Masataka Kadowaki, and Masatoshi Ueda, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,788 (20060530), Regulator and method of regulating fuel flow to a fuel cell by adsorption, Paul H. McClelland, Philip Harding, and Ravi Prasad, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,052,789 (20060530), Control device for fuel cell system and control method, Masaru Okamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,790 (20060530), Fuel cell system and operation method having a condensed water tank open to atmosphere, Akinari Nakamura, Tatsuo Nakayama, Tetsuya Ueda, and Masataka Ozeki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,791 (20060530), Apparatus for humidification and temperature control of incoming fuel cell process gas, Joe Cargnelli and Ravi B. Gopal, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,052,792 (20060530), Proton conducting polymer membrane for electrochemical cell, John Malcolm Gascoyne, Thomas Robinson Ralph, and Graham Alan Hards, Johnson Matthey Public Ltd. Co. (GB).

U.S. 7,052,793 (20060530), Composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes, Richard M. Formato, Robert F. Kovar, Paul Osenar, Nelson Landrau, and Leslie S. Rubin, Foster-Miller, Inc.

U.S. 7,052,794 (20060530), Fuel cell separator, manufacturing method thereof and fuel cell, Hiromichi Nakata, Masayoshi Yokoi, Joji Yoshimura, Kenichi Suzuki, and Fumio Nonoyama, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,052,795 (20060530), Compact chemical reactor, Gerard Francis McLean, Duhane Lam, and Olen Vanderleeden, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 7,052,796 (20060530), Externally manifolded membrane based electrochemical cell stacks, Paul Sabin, Paul Osenar, and Peter Rezac, Protonex Technology Corp.

U.S. 7,052,797 (20060530), Sealing structure of fuel cell and process for molding rubber packing, Yuzo Nakamura and Haruhito Takao, Tigers Polymers Corporation, Osaka (Japan).

U.S. 7,052,798 (20060530), Energy source mounting device for a portable electronic apparatus, Laurent Kaelin, Fabien Henriet, and Jean-Philippe Rebeaud, ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen (CH).

U.S. 7,052,799 (20060530), Wearable terminal with a battery latch mechanism, Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Mark Bradford Mellott, Ryan Anthony Zoschg, Michael Davis, Nicholas Barnes, Graham Keith Lacy, and Ian Heseltine, Vocollect, Inc.

U.S. 7,052,800 (20060530), Separator for nickel-metal hydride storage battery and nickel-metal hydride storage battery, Yasuyuki Harada, Tadayoshi Tanaka, Yoshifumi Magari, Katsuhiko Shinyama, Toshiyuki Nohma, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,801 (20060530), Anode thin film for lithium secondary battery and preparation method thereof, Young-sin Park, Joo-yeal Oh, Sung-man Lee, and Hong-koo Baik, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,052,802 (20060530), Fluorinated carbon active material, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Kaname Takeya, Hiroyuki Yumoto, and M. Elizabeth Bush, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,052,803 (20060530), Lithium rechargeable battery, Fumio Kato, Takafumi Oura, Yusuke Fukumoto, Norihiro Yamamoto, and Shozo Fujiwara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,052,804 (20060530), Double current collector positive electrode for alkali metal ion electrochemical cells, Robert S. Rubino, Hong Gan, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,052,805 (20060530), Polymer electrolyte having acidic, basic and elastomeric subunits, Subhash Narang, Susanna C. Ventura, and David L. Olmeijer, SRI International.

U.S. 7,053,021 (20060530), Core-shell synthesis of carbon-supported alloy nanoparticle catalysts, Chuan-Jian Zhong, Jin Luo, Mathew M. Maye, Li Han, Nancy N. Kariuki, and Ting He, The Research Foundation of the State University of New York.

U.S. 7,053,256 (20060530), 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. 7,053,588 (20060530), Power supply controller, electric vehicle and battery control unit, Toshiaki Nakanishi and Keiichi Minamiura, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,053,591 (20060530), Power conversion device with efficient output current sensing, Hafid Amrani, Hubert Cordonnier, and Christian Dupuy, Atmel Corp.

U.S. 7,054,138 (20060530), Electric double layer capacitor and electrolyte battery, Fumio Tatezono, Seiji Omura, Kiyotaka Ito, Tsuyoshi Komatsu, and Makoto Hashimoto, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP) and Furukawa Precision Engineering Co., Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,054,139 (20060530), Energy storage device, David Albert James, Stephen Robert Wilson, Alina Kay Sloan, and Richard Michael Stephens, Energy Storage Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,054,956 (20060530), Multi-interval data acquisition apparatus, Noriyuki Sakuma, Yokogawa Electric Corp. (JP).