U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1307 (June 2006)

U.S. 7,055,570 (20060606), Automated manufacturing system of lithium secondary battery, Ji-Jun Hong, Kokam Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,055,733 (20060606), Oxidation ceramic to metal braze seals for applications in high temperature electrochemical devices and method of making, K. Scott Weil, John S. Hardy, and Jin Yong Kim, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 7,056,358 (20060606), Method for using high rate lithium electrochemical cell containing SVO/CFx/SVO sandwich cathodes having c-SVO and mixture of c-SVO/e-SVO, Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,369 (20060606), Membrane module for hydrogen separation, Thomas Beisswenger, Gerhard Berger, Thomas Poschmann, Karsten Reiners, Wolfgang Weger, and Norbert Wiesheu, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,056,397 (20060606), Method for improving the properties of alloy powders for NiMH batteries, Dag Noreus and Ye Zhou, Hoganaa AB (SE).

U.S. 7,056,423 (20060606), Apparatus for producing hydrogen, electrochemical device, method for producing hydrogen and method for generating electrochemical energy, Ryuichiro Maruyama, Hiroshi Miyazawa, Hirofumi Okui, and Koichiro Hinokuma, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,056,428 (20060606), Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, William Chun, Barbara Jeffries-Nakamura, and Thomas I. Valdez, California Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,056,452 (20060606), Polyvinylidene fluoride composites and methods for preparing same, Chunming Niu, Lein Ngaw, Alan Fischer, and Robert Hoch, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,455 (20060606), Process for the preparation of nanostructured materials, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Tomasz Kowalewski, David N. Lambeth, James Spanswick, and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Carnegie Mellon University.

U.S. 7,056,480 (20060606), Fuel reforming system, Hiroshi Ogawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,056,486 (20060606), Method for preparing lithium manganese spinel complex oxide having improved electrochemical performance, Hong-Kyu Park, Yong-Hoon Kwon, Joon-Sung Bae, and Ki-Young Lee, LG Chemical Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,056,487 (20060606), Gas cleaning system and method, Richard Allen Newby, Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,488 (20060606), Controlled-pore catalyst structures and process for producing synthesis gas, Tianyan Niu, Daxiang Wang, David M. Minahan, Harold A. Wright, and Gloria I. Straguzzi, ConocoPhillips Co.

U.S. 7,056,597 (20060606), Brazing sheet product and method of its manufacture, Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood and Jacques Hubert Olga Joseph Wijenberg, Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,056,608 (20060606), Current collector for use in a fuel cell, Greg A. Lloyd, Lijun Bai, and Shibli Hanna I. Bayyuk, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,609 (20060606), System and method for starting a fuel cell stack assembly at sub-freezing temperature, Carl A. Reiser and Gennady Resnick, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,056,610 (20060606), Alkaline direct methanol fuel cell, Jiri Divisek, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,056,611 (20060606), System for controlling the operating temperature of a fuel cell, Thomas R. Fabis, Joseph M. Makiel, and Stephen E. Veyo, Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,612 (20060606), Method of preparing membrane-electrode-gasket assemblies for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, In-Whan Oh, Heung Yong Ha, Seong-Ahn Hong, Sang-Yeoul Ahn, Yong-Chul Lee, Tae Won Lim, Ki Chun Lee, Soo Whan Kim, and Jong Hyun Lee, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR).

U.S. 7,056,613 (20060606), Fuel cell having metalized gas diffusion layer, Lijun Bai and Greg A. Lloyd, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,614 (20060606), Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell unit, Narutoshi Sugita, Masaaki Nanaumi, and Tadashi Nishiyama, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,056,615 (20060606), Electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and manufacturing method therefor, Kaoru Fukuda, Yuichiro Sugiyama, Shinya Watanabe, Chikara Iwasawa, and Tadahiro Shiba, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,056,616 (20060606), Battery cooling system, Robert G. Moores Jr., Rouse R. Bailey Jr., Robert Bradus, John R. Cochran, Lee W. Ramstrom, and Douglas L. Kreiser, Black & Decker Inc.

U.S. 7,056,617 (20060606), Batteries and battery systems, G. Steven Kelsey, Yelena Kouznetsova, Boris Makovetski, Sathya Motupally, Jonathan O’Neill, David L. Pappas, Robert Pavlinsky, Oleg Podoprigora, Thomas Richards, and William Wandeloski, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,056,618 (20060606), Method and structure for connecting batteries, Fujio Hirano and Akio Kujirai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,056,619 (20060606), Chargeable battery for medical diagnostic instruments, Helmut M. Heine and Norbert Merkt, Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,056,620 (20060606), Thin film battery and method of manufacture, Victor Krasnov and Kai-Wei Nieh, Front Edge Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,056,621 (20060606), Alkaline storage battery, Naoto Sato and Nobuyasu Morishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,056,622 (20060606), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Naoki Imachi, Ikuro Nakane, and Satoshi Narukawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,057,868 (20060606), Reverse current protection device, Brian Douglas Moran, Ailen Villegas Quintana, and Michael David Wilk, ISE Corp.

U.S. 7,057,875 (20060606), Sheet capacitor, IC socket using the same, and manufacturing method of sheet capacitor, Terumi Fujiyama, Kazuo Fukunaga, Morihiro Fukuda, Yoshiaki Kuwada, Hiromasa Mori, and Yoshio Hashimoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,057,879 (20060606), Polarizable electrode for electric double-layer capacitor, process for producing the polarizable electrode and process for producing the electric double-layer capacitor, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, Kenichi Murakami, and Kenji Sato, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,057,880 (20060606), Secondary battery and capacitor utilizing indole compounds, Masato Kurosaki, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Yuuji Nakagawa, Shinya Yoshida, Tomoki Nobuta, and Masaya Mitani, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,058,451 (20060606), Method and apparatus for determining depleted capacity of a battery, Martin Obel and Jan Lindberg, St. Jude Medical AB (SE).

U.S. 7,058,525 (20060606), Battery test module, Kevin I. Bertness, Michael Cox, Jamey L. Butteris, and Michael J. Fritsch, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,059,364 (20060613), Control method for high-pressure hydrogen vehicle fueling station dispensers, Kenneth John Kountz, Kenneth Robert Kriha, and William E. Liss, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,059,582 (20060613), Fuel cell supply having fuel compatible materials, Paul Adams, Andrew J. Curello, and Floyd Fairbanks, Societe BIC (FR).

U.S. 7,059,894 (20060613), Battery seat, Huang-Chou Huang (TW).

U.S. 7,060,116 (20060613), Method of binding a plurality of sealed battery cells, Shuhei Marukawa, Ko Watanabe, Toyohiko Eto, Masayoshi Iwase, Tomokazu Yamauchi, and Takahiko Miki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidoshi Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,117 (20060613), Rechargeable lithium battery, Takao Ogura and Soichiro Kawakami, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,120 (20060613), Hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and hydrogen storing tank for mounting in a vehicle, Izuru Kanoya, Takanori Suzuki, Mitsuya Hosoe, and Hajime Goto, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,166 (20060613), Aqueous ionomeric gels and products and methods related thereto, Wesley Gervais, Michael V. Lauritzen, Kristi M. Zychowka, Lawrence A. Vanderark, and Kevin Michael Colbow, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,060,169 (20060613), Electrochemical cell for gas sensor, Andreas Rohrl, MST Technology GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,060,206 (20060613), Synthesis of metal compounds under carbothermal conditions, Jeremy Barker, M. Yazid Saidi, Jeffrey Swoyer, and Ming Dong, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,210 (20060613), Method of processing colloidal size polytetrafluoroethylene resin particles to produce biaxially-oriented structures, Robert Roberts.

U.S. 7,060,219 (20060613), Continuous method and apparatus for manufacture of uniform size flake or powder, Thomas M. Lucas and Jody Doyon, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,238 (20060613), Synthesis of metal phosphates, M. Yazid Saidi and Haitao Huang, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,379 (20060613), Method and system for controlling and recovering short duration bridge power to maximize backup power, A. John Speranza, Michael Cardin, Lawrence Moulthrop, Mark Lillis, and John Zagaj, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,380 (20060613), Fuel cell power supply device, Satoshi Aoyagi, Hibiki Saeki, and Yutaka Asano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,381 (20060613), Electric energy generating element, Mitsuaki Miyakoshi, Hiroshi Miyazawa, Tomikazu Watanabe, Kiyoshi Yamaura, Ryuichiro Maruyama, and Shuichi Takizawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,382 (20060613), Fuel cell system with recycle of anode exhaust gas, Fred C. Jahnke and Sanjay C. Parab, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,383 (20060613), Fuel cell, Yasunori Yoshimoto, Hirokazu Izaki, Akira Hamada, and Yugo Fukami, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,384 (20060613), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Akihiko Yoshida, Masao Yamamoto, Junji Niikura, Yasuo Takebe, Osamu Sakai, and Makoto Uchida, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,385 (20060613), Noble metal-base metal alloy catalyst, evaluation of such catalyst, and method of producing such catalyst, Hisao Kato, Takahiko Asaoka, and Kazutaka Hiroshima, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,386 (20060613), Nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery, Takao Abe, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,387 (20060613), Secondary cell with improved electrode jelly-roll structure, You-Mee Kim and Jeong-Soon Shin, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,060,388 (20060613), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Yoshinori Naruoka, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,389 (20060613), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Yukio Miyaki, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,390 (20060613), Lithium ion battery comprising nanomaterials, Ga-Lane Chen and Charles Leu, Hon Hai Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,060,391 (20060613), Current collector structure and methods to improve the performance of a lead-acid battery, Elod Gyenge, Joey Jung, and Alvin A. Snaper, Power Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,060,392 (20060613), Non-aqueous electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, Jin-Sung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,060,648 (20060613), Tungsten-containing fuel cell catalyst and method of making same, Joel B. Christian and Robert G. Mendenhall, Osram Sylvania Inc.

U.S. 7,060,735 (20060613), Polymer electrolyte membrane and method of production thereof, Takumi Taniguchi, Mitsuru Nakano, Masaya Kawasumi, Yu Morimoto, and Naoki Hasegawa, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,060,738 (20060613), Polymer electrolytes crosslinked by ultraviolet radiation, Naiyong Jing, Steven J. Hamrock, and Michael A. Yandrasits, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,060,744 (20060613), Phosphazene composition, Fumiki Murakami, Jun-ichi Nakahashi, Atsushi Nanasawa, and Tomoyuki Fujita, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,748 (20060613), Catalyst paste composition for electrode, Makoto Higami and Keiichi Bessho, JSR Corp. (JP) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,060,756 (20060613), Polymer electrolyte with aromatic sulfone crosslinking, Naiyong Jing, Michael A. Yandrasits, and Steven J. Hamrock, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,060,782 (20060613), Process for a two stage melt polymerization for the production of polybenzimidazole having an improved solid state polymerization, Bobby G. Dawkins, J. Dean Baker, and Rita H. Joiner, PBI Performance Products, Inc.

U.S. 7,061,205 (20060613), Method for operating redox flow battery system, Toshio Shigematsu, Takahiro Kumamoto, Hiroshige Deguchi, and Nobuyuki Tokuda, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP) and The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,061,206 (20060613), Method for restoring battery data in portable appliance, Seung Hun Yang, LG Electronics Inc. (KR).

U.S. 7,061,207 (20060613), Cell equalizing circuit, Sanjay Patel, Chris D. Shelton, and Lawrence S. Tyson, H2EYE (International) Ltd. (VG).

U.S. 7,061,208 (20060613), Storage battery temperature regulator having thermoelectric transducer, and vehicle including the storage battery temperature regulator, Hideo Nishihata and Osao Kido, Matsushita Refrigeration Co. (JP).

U.S. 7,061,209 (20060613), Battery chargers, Tatsuki Mori, Makita Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,061,246 (20060613), Battery monitoring system and method, Thomas J. Dougherty, William J. Wruck, Ronald C. Miles, Deeyu C. Chen, and Michael L. Thompson, Johnson Controls Technology Co.

U.S. 7,061,749 (20060613), Supercapacitor having electrode material comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and process for making the same, Tao Liu and Satish Kumar, Georgia Tech Research Corp.

U.S. 7,061,750 (20060613), Polarizing electrode for electric double layer capacitor and electric double layer capacitor therewith, Shigeki Oyama, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Kenichi Murakami, Kouki Ozaki, Masanori Tsutsui, and Kiyoto Otsuka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP), Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP), and Kuraray Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,062,390 (20060613), Method for evaluating capacity of secondary battery using mathematical calculation of specific resistance components of equivalent circuit model fitted from impedance spectrum, Dong-Hwan Kim, Sang-Hyo Ryu, and Hyung-Song Lee, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. (KR).

U.S. 7,063,047 (20060620), Fuel vaporizer for a reformer type fuel cell system, Michael J. Reinke and Jeroen Valensa, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 7,063,131 (20060620), Perforated fin heat exchangers and catalytic support, William F. Northrop, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 7,063,519 (20060620), Motor driven centrifugal compressor/blower, Giridhari L. Agrawal and Charles W. Buckley, R & D Dynamics Corp.

U.S. 7,063,732 (20060620), High-capacity sulfur adsorbent bed and gas desulfurization method, Sai P. Katikaneni and Sanjay C. Parab, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 7,063,905 (20060620), Fuel cell H2 exhaust conversion, Prem Menon, Norman J. Dill, and Daryl Chapman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,063,906 (20060620), Fuel cell system and method for operating the same, Derek Matthews, Alan Mulvenna, Ed J. Peters, and Gerhard Schmidt, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,063,907 (20060620), Passive water management system for a fuel cell power plant, Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,063,908 (20060620), Complex oxides, oxide-ion conductors, oxide-ion conducting films and electrochemical cells, Yoshihiko Yamamura, Kazuyuki Kaigawa, Shinji Kawasaki, and Hiroaki Sakai, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,063,909 (20060620), Fuel-cell element stack with stress relief and methods, David Champion, Jonald R. Gradwohl, Peter Mardilovich, and Christopher Beatty, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,063,910 (20060620), Compact chemical reactor with reactor frame, Gerard Francis McLean, Duhane Lam, and Olen Vanderleeden, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 7,063,911 (20060620), Gasket for fuel cell and method of forming it, Osamu Nagai, Shigeo Wakamatsu, and Yuichi Kuroki, NOK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,063,912 (20060620), Fuel cell assembly system, Carl Thomas Vuk and Richard Lee Forest, Deere & Co.

U.S. 7,063,913 (20060620), Diffusion media with microporous layer, Chunxin Ji, Jeanette E. O’Hara, and Mark F. Mathias, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,063,914 (20060620), Fuel cell separator, process for producing the same and material therefor, Yoichi Kawano, Takayuki Kawarada, and Hiroshi Ono, Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,063,915 (20060620), Nickel electrode for alkali storage battery, method of producing nickel electrode for alkali storage battery, and alkali storage battery, Mitsuzou Nogami, Reizo Maeda, Yoshinori Matsuura, Katsuhiko Shinyama, Ikuo Yonezu, and Koji Nishio, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,063,916 (20060620), Battery, Shinsaku Ugawa and Hironobu Fukahori, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,063,917 (20060620), Laminated battery separator material, Larry L. Kinn, Clement J. Haley, and Gregory N. Henning, Ahlstrom Mount Holly Springs, LLC.

U.S. 7,063,918 (20060620), Nanoscale solid-state polymeric battery system, Peter Kofinas and Steven Bullock, The University of Maryland, College Park.

U.S. 7,064,472 (20060620), Electroactive polymer devices for moving fluid, Ronald E. Pelrine, Roy David Kornbluh, Scott E Stanford, Qibing Pei, Richard Heydt, Joseph S. Eckerle, and Jonathan R. Heim, SRI International.

U.S. 7,064,519 (20060620), Battery charger with improved terminal protection, Katsuyasu Ito, Makita Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,064,521 (20060620), Charging circuit for parallel charging in multiple battery systems, Vlad Popescu Stanesti, Marian Niculae, and Constantin Bucur, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,064,522 (20060620), Secondary battery with display to indicate residual capacity, Kazuyasu Nawa, Yukio Tsuchiya, Hideyuki Sato, Hisashi Aoki, and Tatsuya Yamazawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,064,523 (20060620), Battery charger capable of accurately detecting battery temperature for full charge determination, Takao Aradachi, Hidekazu Harada, Kenrou Ishimaru, Nobuhiro Takano, and Takeshi Takeda, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,064,525 (20060620), Method for improved battery state of charge, Mahlon Richard Pachciarz and Robert D. Harris, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,064,967 (20060620), Fuel cell system and control method, Masaya Ichinose, Kenji Takeda, Motoo Futami, Masahiro Komachiya, and Kenji Kubo, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Hitachi Home & Life Solutions Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,066,205 (20060627), Microvalve for controlling fluid flow, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Vladimir Gartstein, and Daniel Jonathan Quiram, The Procter & Gamble Co.

U.S. 7,066,970 (20060627), Electrochemical cells, Andrew G. Gilicinski and Yichun Wang, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,066,971 (20060627), Methods of preparing electrochemical cells, Steven A. Carlson, Sion Power Corp.

U.S. 7,066,973 (20060627), Integrated reformer and shift reactor, Jeffrey M. Bentley, Lawrence G. Clawson, William L. Mitchell, and Matthew H. Dorson, Nuvera Fuel Cells.

U.S. 7,066,976 (20060627), Method for the production of electrocatalyst powders, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, and David Dericotte, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,066,997 (20060627), Coal tar and hydrocarbon mixture pitch and the preparation and use thereof, Fu-Kuo Huang (TW).

U.S. 7,067,051 (20060627), Process for producing carbonized product used for producing activated carbon for electrode of electric double-layer capacitor, and organic material for carbonized product, Takeshi Fujino, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (JP)

U.S. 7,067,096 (20060627), Carbon nanotube-carbon nanohorn complex and method for producing the same, Sumio Iijima, Masako Yudasaka, and Akira Koshio, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP) and NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,067,209 (20060627), High temperature reactant recycling for PEM fuel cell humidification, Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,067,210 (20060627), Fuel cell system for producing electrical energy, Christopher K. Dyer.

U.S. 7,067,211 (20060627), Cogeneration system for a fuel cell, James H. Lee, James S. Siepierski, and George R. Woody, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,067,212 (20060627), Pressure regulation of a fuel cell hydrogen tank system, Peter Willimowski and Mirko Schwan, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,067,213 (20060627), Flow field plate geometries, James Charles Boff and Mark Christopher Turpin, The Morgan Crucible Co. PLC (GB).

U.S. 7,067,214 (20060627), PEM fuel cell stack assembly with isolated internal coolant manifold, Nileshkumar T. Dave, Jeremy P. Meyers, and David A. Niezelski, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,067,215 (20060627), Fuel cell and method of manufacturing same using chemical/mechanical planarization, Dennis Lazaroff, Peter Mardilovich, David Champion, and Gregory S. Herman, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,067,216 (20060627), Bipolar plate gas moisturizing apparatus for the fuel cell, Yi-Yie Yan, Fa-Lin Chen, Hsin-Sen Chu, Ruey-Jong Shyu, and Fang-Hei Tsau, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 7,067,217 (20060627), Compact fuel cell layer, Gerard Francis McLean, Duhane Lam, and Olen Vanderleeden, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 7,067,218 (20060627), Method for treating electrode tabs of crude cell for lithium secondary battery, and crude cell and lithium secondary battery according to the method, Ji-Jun Hong, Kokam Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,067,219 (20060627), Additive for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, Masashi Otsuki, Shigeki Endo, and Takao Ogino, Bridgestone Corp. (JP)

U.S 7,067,229 (20060627), Conductive polymers substituted with acid labile functional groups for increasing electrical conductivity and patternability and composition having the same, Suck-Hyun Lee and Chan-Woo Lee, Para Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,067,453 (20060627), Hydrocarbon fuel reforming catalyst and use thereof, Qimin Ming, Todd Healey, and Patricia Marie Irving, InnovaTek, Inc.

U.S. 7,067,579 (20060627), Polycarboxy/polyol fiberglass binder, Thomas J. Taylor and Derek C. Bristol, Johns Manville.

U.S. 7,067,587 (20060627), Polyolefin macromonomer, graft polymer obtained from the polyolefin macromonomer, and use thereof, Hideyuki Kaneko, Shin-ichi Kojoh, Nobuo Kawahara, Shingo Matsuo, Tomoaki Matsugi, Junji Saito, Sadahiko Matsuura, Kazuhisa Miyazaki, and Norio Kashiwa, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,068,011 (20060627), Series charger with separate detection of batteries (battery set), Fu-I Yang (TW).

U.S. 7,068,012 (20060627), Atmospheric explosive battery protection circuit having a robust protection system, Michael D. Geren, Jennifer K. Collier, and John E. Herrmann, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,068,013 (20060627), Battery circuit with non-volatile memory and thermistor on a single line, Joseph Patino, Craig G. Bishop, Andrew F. Burton, and Russell L. Simpson, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,068,036 (20060627), Lithium/carbon monofluoride (Li/CFx) electrochemical cell projection model, Kenneth C. Syracuse and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,068,493 (20060627), Polarizing property electrode for electrical double layer capacitor and manufacturing method of polarizing property electrode for electrical double layer capacitor, and manufacturing method of electrode sheet for electrical double layer capacitor, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, Kenichi Murakami, Kenji Sato, Kouki Ozaki, and Masanori Tsutsui, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,068,494 (20060627), Electric double layer capacitor, Takeshi Fujino, Honda Motor Co, Ltd. (JP).