Advanced Battery Technology
Around the Industry
Patents
R & D
Electric Vehicles
Product News
Upcoming Events
Archive
 
 

U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Compiled by Eddie T. Seo, Littleton, CO, USA

etseo@netway.net

Official Gazette, Volume 1310 (September 2006)


U.S. 7,100,376 (20060905), Fuel cell in combined heat and electric power system, Robert R. Fredley and Bhimashankar V. Nitta, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,100,381 (20060905), Slot jet cooler and method of cooling, Charles A. Hale, Chad E. Boyack, Thomas H. Lind, and Kevin R. Hopkins, Raytheon Co.

U.S. 7,101,175 (20060905), Anode tailgas oxidizer, Vijay Anant Deshpande, Curtis L. Krause, Paul Francis Martin, Kevin Hoa Nguyen, James F. Stevens, and William Spencer Wheat, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,101,190 (20060905), Electrical connector and system having contact array interface for engaging contacts at varying centerline spacing, Alexandra Lynne Matthews Spitler, Michael Fredrick Laub, Charles Dudley Copper, and Charles Randall Malstrom, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 7,101,409 (20060905), Primary lithium electrochemical cell, William L. Bowden, Klaus Brandt, Paul A. Christian, and Zhiping Jiang, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,101,411 (20060905), Apparatus for generating hydrogen gas, Takahiro Hayashi, Mamoru Ishikiriyama, Masahiko Sugiyama, and Yasukazu Saito, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,101,419 (20060905), Air filter assembly for low temperature catalytic processes, Andrew James Dallas, Mark Alan Gogins, Kristine Marie Graham, Daniel Adamek, and Robert Skuster, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,101,421 (20060905), Hydrogen-selective metal membranes, membrane modules, purification assemblies and methods of forming the same, David J. Edlund, William A. Pledger, and R. Todd Studebaker, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,101,513 (20060905), Method of starting and stopping methanol reforming apparatus and apparatus for supplying fuel to said apparatus, Takahiro Naka, Hideaki Sumi, Masataka Furuyama, Shoji Isobe, Yasushi Hiramatsu, and Mikio Yoneoka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,521 (20060905), Method for the preparation of cathode active material and method for the preparation of non-aqueous electrolyte, Mamoru Hosoya, Kimio Takahashi and Yuzuru Fukushima, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,527 (20060905), Mixed anion materials and compounds for novel proton conducting membranes, Steven Andrew Poling, Carly R. Nelson, and Steve W. Martin, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,101,530 (20060905), Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates, Guido P. Pez, Aaron R. Scott, Alan C. Cooper, and Hansong Cheng, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,101,531 (20060905), Fuel reforming system and control therefor, Motohisa Kamijo, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,635 (20060905), Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells, Yimin Zhu and Piotr Zelenay, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,101,636 (20060905), Fuel cell system, Osamu Tajima, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,637 (20060905), Proton conductive membrane for electromechanical applications, Kai Jakoby, Suzana Nunes Pereira, and Klaus-Victor Peinemann, GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht (DE).

U.S. 7,101,638 (20060905), Ionic conductive solid electrolyte, method of manufacturing the same and electrochemical system using the same, Haruo Sawa, Nippon Kodoshi Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,639 (20060905), Fuel cell electrocatalyst of Pt-Rh-Mo-Ni/Fe, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, and Hiroichi Fukuda, Symyx Technologies, Inc. and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,101,640 (20060905), Screw-in vent plug for lead-acid batteries, William H. Kump and Steven R. Peterson, Exide Technologies.

U.S. 7,101,641 (20060905), Lithium primary battery, Seiji Yoshimura, Hiroshi Nakajima, and Maruo Kamino, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,101,642 (20060905), Rechargeable lithium battery for tolerating discharge to zero volts, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Clay Kishiyama, Mikito Nagata, Hiroshi Nakahara, and Tiehua Piao, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,101,643 (20060905), Polymeric electrolytes based on hydrosilyation reactions, John Borland Kerr, Shanger Wang, Jun Hou, Steven Edward Sloop, Yong Bong Han, and Gao Liu, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,101,938 (20060905), Method for forming fluorinated ionomers, Paul Gregory Bekiarian and William Brown Farnham, E I duPont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,102,329 (20060905), Method of measuring the battery level in a mobile telephone, Sebastian Soyer, Donavan Developments Ltd. (VG).

U.S. 7,102,330 (20060905), Apparatus and method for controlling charging and discharging of an energy storage device, Shinobu Ochiai, Kiyoshi Asami, and Tomohiro Shiraishi, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,102,877 (20060905), Electrode impregnation and bonding, Porter Mitchell, Xiaomei Xi, Linda Zhong, and Vincent Hermann, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,104,110 (20060912), Control device used for a gas sensor, Hidetoshi Oishi, Hirotoshi Inoue, Takashi Saito, and Takashi Sasaki, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,104,272 (20060912), Vehicle battery fluid supply system with vacuum source, Michael A. Vassily and R. Linwood Woodard Jr., Club Car, Inc.

U.S. 7,104,285 (20060912), Hose with corrugated metal tube, Norihiko Furuta, Tokai Rubber Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,104,314 (20060912), Multi-pass heat exchanger, Jeroen Valensa and Michael J. Reinke, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 7,104,545 (20060912), Method of forming a gasket assembly for a PEM fuel cell assembly, Arthur R. Williams, Gary J. DeAngelis, and Allan R. Wells, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,104,768 (20060912), Peristaltic micropump, Martin Richter, Martin Wackerle, Yucel Congar, and Julia Nissen, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung eV (DE).

U.S. 7,104,815 (20060912), Receptacle for booster cable with clamp, Wing Hok Ng and Chi Choeng Lo, Wing Hok Ng (HK).

U.S. 7,104,859 (20060912), Methods for manufacturing carbon fibers, electron-emitting device, electron source, image display apparatus, light bulb, and secondary battery using a thermal CVD method, Takeo Tsukamoto, Shinichi Kawate, Kazunari Oyama, Takahiro Sato, Shin Kitamura, Kazuya Miyazaki, Takashi Iwaki, and Akira Shimazu, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,105,033 (20060912), Hydrogen gas generation system, Michael Strizki and Richard M. Mohring, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S. 7,105,108 (20060912), Graphite intercalation and exfoliation process, David M. Kaschak, Robert A. Reynolds III, Daniel W. Krassowski, and Brian M. Ford, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,105,148 (20060912), Methods for producing hydrogen from a fuel, Michael Ian Petch, Jonathan Charles Frost, Suzanne Rose Ellis, Jessica Grace Reinkingh, Mark Robert Feaviour, Jillian Elaine Bailie, David Wails, and Paul James Millington, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,105,228 (20060912), Method for making shaped structures with internally coated cavities, Johannes Averdung, Andreas Greiner, Joachim H. Wendorff, Haoquing Hou, Michael Bognitzki, and Jun Zeng, TransMIT Gesellschaft fuer Technologietransfer mbH (DE).

U.S. 7,105,242 (20060912), Control of polymer surface distribution on diffusion media improved fuel cell performance, Anastasios P. Angelopoulos, Chunxin Ji, and Mark F. Mathias, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,105,243 (20060912), Fuel cell system working to control supply pressure of fuel accurately, Shingo Morishima and Masahiko Suzuki, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,244 (20060912), Fuel cell power generation equipment and a device using the same, Tomoichi Kamo, Shuichi Ohara, and Makoto Morishima, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,245 (20060912), Fluid cell system reactant supply and effluent storage cartridges, Leroy J. Ohlsen, Steven C. Tallman, and George W. Hawkins, Neah Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,105,246 (20060912), Catalytic material, electrode, and fuel cell using the same, Shuichi Suzuki, Chahn Lee, Yuichi Satsu, Kishio Hidaka, Mitsuo Hayashibara, Yoshiyuki Takamori, Tomoichi Kamo, and Yasuhisa Aono, Hitachi Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,247 (20060912), Battery holding method and structure, Shinji Suzuki, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,248 (20060912), Highly reliable and durable battery and process for fabrication thereof, Hiroshi Yageta, Makihiro Otohata, and Nobuaki Yoshioka, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,249 (20060912), Pressure-compensated downhole battery, David R. Hall and Joe R. Fox.

U.S. 7,105,250 (20060912), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution with improved safety and lithium battery employing the same, Jun-Ho Kim, Ha-Young Lee, Sang-Hoon Choy, and Ho-Sung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,105,251 (20060912), Nonaqueous secondary battery, Yukio Miyaki, Masuo Kabutomori, Noriyuki Inoue, Hiroshi Ishizuka, Toshiaki Aono, Mikihiko Kato, and Hideki Tomiyama, Ube Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,252 (20060912), Carbon coated battery electrodes, Kurtis C. Kelley and Steven C. Taylor, Firefly Energy, Inc.

U.S. 7,105,253 (20060912), Method of and apparatus for manufacturing lithium secondary cell, Daizo Jito and Hisaki Tarui, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,254 (20060912), Polymer electrolyte, Noboru Oyama (JP).

U.S. 7,105,456 (20060912), Methods for controlling feature dimensions in crystalline substrates, Steven D. Leith, Jeffrey S. Obert, Eric L. Nikkel, and Kenneth M. Kramer, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,105,459 (20060912), Method for forming thin film, Norikazu Nishiyama, Yoshiaki Oku, Shunsuke Tanaka, and Korekazu Ueyama, Rohm Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,468 (20060912), PROX catalyst for oxidizing carbon monoxide, William J. LaBarge, Robert J. Svoboda, and Joseph M. Keller, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,105,589 (20060912), Flame-resistant black thermoplastic molded masses, Michael Geprags, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,105,596 (20060912), Methods for producing composites of 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, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,105,604 (20060912), Soft propylene-based resin composition, Fumihiko Shimizu, Kenjirou Takayanagi, Naomasa Sato, Fumiyoshi Yamada, and Shixuan Xin, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,612 (20060912), Process for producing solid polymer electrolyte, Yoshinori Nishikitani, Masaaki Kobayashi, Keizo Ikai, and Tsuyoshi Asano, Nippon Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,105,620 (20060912), 3,4-Alkylenedioxy-thiophene copolymers, Bert Groenendaal and Frank Louwet, Agfa Gevaert (BE).

U.S. 7,105,951 (20060912), Backup battery charging circuit, Toru Matsunaga, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,106,026 (20060912), Method of dynamically charging a battery using load profile parameters, Stephen W. Moore.

U.S. 7,106,027 (20060912), Battery chargers, Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Makita Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,106,077 (20060912), Device and method for testing a membrane electrode assembly, Till Kaz and Norbert Wagner, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt EV (DE).

U.S. 7,106,165 (20060912), Fuse, battery pack using the fuse, and method of manufacturing the fuse, Takahiro Mukai, Masatoshi Izaki, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Kenji Senda, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,107,103 (20060912), Full-body charger for battery-powered patient implantable device, Joseph H. Schulman, Carla Mann, and Lee J. Mandell, Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research.

U.S. 7,107,161 (20060912), Method and system for accurately reporting battery capacity, Farhad Ahmed and Runbo Fu, Research In Motion Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,107,864 (20060919), Quality control methods for gas diffusion media, Joerg Roth, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,108,022 (20060919), Methods of providing refueling for fuel cell-powered devices, Alan J. Soucy, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,108,053 (20060919), Plate-type heat exchanger, Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, and Conrad Pfender, Behr GmbH & Co. (DE).

U.S. 7,108,166 (20060919), Method for sealing a battery case, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,108,757 (20060919), Hydrogen storage alloys providing for the reversible storage of hydrogen at low temperatures, Baoquan Huang and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 7,108,773 (20060919), Solids supporting mass transfer for fuel cells and other applications and solutions and methods for forming, Richard I. Masel and Cynthia A. Rice, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

U.S. 7,108,813 (20060919), Gas/ion species selective membrane supported by multi-stage nano-hole array metal structure, Sangkyun Kang, Yong-Il Park, Friedrich B. Prinz, Suk-Won Cha, Yuji Saito, Ali Farvid, and Pei-Chen Su, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,108,827 (20060919), Ceramic sheet and method of producing ceramic sheet, Kazuo Hata, Norikazu Aikawa, and Keijirou Takasaki, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,912 (20060919), Polytetrafluoroethylene fiber and method for manufacturing the same, James Huang, Chin-Chun Chou, Chin-Cha Chou, Shia-Chung Chen, Wen-I Kuo, and Lei-Ti Huang, Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,108,917 (20060919), Variably impregnated flexible graphite material and method, Jeremy Klug, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,108,928 (20060919), Warm-up of fuel cell power plant, Naoya Matsuoka, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,929 (20060919), Fuel and air flow control in a multi-stack fuel cell power plant, Jennifer M. Kurtz and Thomas A. Brindley, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,108,930 (20060919), Fuel cells, Zhiqiang Xu, Zhigang Qi, and Arthur Kaufman, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 7,108,931 (20060919), Fuel cell using non-linear positive temperature coefficient material, Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Steven D. Pratt, and Ronald J. Kelley, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,108,932 (20060919), Fuel cell system, Yasukazu Iwasaki and Naoki Hara, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,933 (20060919), Thermally efficient hydrogen storage system, Jon Gelsey, Intel Corp.

U.S. 7,108,934 (20060919), Proton conducting membranes for high temperature fuel cells with solid state “water free” membranes, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan and Shiao-Pin S Yen, California Instituite of Technology.

U.S. 7,108,935 (20060919), Ion conducting composite membrane materials containing an optionally modified zirconium phosphate dispersed in a polymeric matrix, method for preparation of the membrane material and its use, Bernd Bauer, Jacques Roziere, Deborah Jones, Giulio Alberti, Mario Casciola, and Monica Pica, Fuma-Tech Gesellschaft fur Funktionelle Membranen und Anlagentechnologie mbH (DE).

U.S. 7,108,936 (20060919), Fuel cell assembly, Jun Sasahara, Nariaki Kuriyama, Tadahiro Kubota, Yuji Isogai, and Sang-Joon John Lee, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.

U.S. 7,108,937 (20060919), Reducing PEM fuel cell hard freeze cycles, Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells.

U.S. 7,108,938 (20060919), Single cell for a solid oxide fuel cell, Kenji Ukai and Kouji Hisada, Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,939 (20060919), Covalently bonded catalyst carrier and catalytic component, Shuichi Suzuki, Chahn Lee, Yuichi Satsu, Kishio Hidaka, Mitsuo Hayashibara, Yoshiyuki Takamori, Tomoichi Kamo, and Yasuhisa Aono, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,940 (20060919), Battery mechanism, Joseph F. Sharrow, Kurt W. Solomon, Frank E. Peterkin, Jack S. Bernardes, and Brian J. Hankla, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,108,941 (20060919), Flat battery and production method therefor, Tetsuya Hayashi and Makoto Nakanishi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,942 (20060919), Efficient electrode assembly design for cells with alkali metal anodes, Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,108,943 (20060919), Structure of connecting battery terminals to bus bars, Shuji Yamakawa, Eriko Yuasa, Kouji Ota, and Hiroki Hirai, Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (JP), Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (JP), and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,108,944 (20060919), Active material having surface treatment layer for battery and method of preparing the same, Ho-Jin Kweon, Jun-Won Suh, Jang-Ho Yoon, and Jung-Joon Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,109,136 (20060919), Conductive (electrical, ionic, and photoelectric) polymer membrane articles, and method for producing same, Kris Senecal, Lynne Samuelson, Michael Sennett, and Heidi Schreuder-Gibson, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,109,145 (20060919), Noble metal-containing supported catalyst and a process for its preparation, Karsten Ruth, Peter Biberbach, and Karl-Anton Starz, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,109,682 (20060919), Contactless power transmitting device, Tsutomu Takagi and Koji Ishizawa, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,109,684 (20060919), Secondary cell charger and charging method, Hiromi Takaoka, Shigetomo Matsui, Yutaka Iuchi, Taneo Nishino, and Osamu Nakamura, The New Industry Research Organization (JP) and Techno Core International Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,109,685 (20060919), Method for estimating states and parameters of an electrochemical cell, Edward D. Tate Jr., Mark W. Verbrugge, Brian J. Koch, and Damon R. Frisch, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,109,855 (20060919), Method and apparatus for monitoring parameters of an easily ignited gas, Ulrich Appt and Dirk Schroeter, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,110,243 (20060919), Electric double layer capacitor, Yohei Kawata and Hiroshi Nakajima, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,111,672 (20060926), Heat exchanger, Keith Thomas Symonds, Chart Industries, Inc.

U.S. 7,111,818 (20060926), Safety valve, Masaru Takeda, Akira Oi, Mitsumasa Kagomoto, Shinji Maekawa, Kazuyuki Miyata, and Mari Shiotsuki, Neriki Valve Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,111,822 (20060926), Valve for controlling a fluid, Gerd Dornhoefer, Guenther Bantleon, Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Martin Moeller, and Thomas Hebner, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,112,096 (20060926), Hot contact adapter for portable computing device, Stanislav Moisevenko, Vadim Pichahchi, and Abdur Rahman, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,228 (20060926), Nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery, method of producing nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery, and alkaline storage battery, Mitsuzou Nogami, Reizo Maeda, Yoshinori Matsuura, Katsuhiko Shinyama, Ikuo Yonezu, and Koji Nishio, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,271 (20060926), Method and apparatus for making very low roughness copper foil, Cha Jae Jo, Chang Hee Choi, Sangyum Kim, and Jeong Ik Kim, LG Cable Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,112,287 (20060926), Thin film supporting substrate for used in filter for hydrogen production filter and method for manufacturing filter for hydrogen production, Hiroshi Yagi, Takanori Maeda, Yoshinori Oota, and Yasuhiro Uchida, Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,112,291 (20060926), Cobalt oxide particles and process for producing the same, cathode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and process for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell, Hideaki Maeda, Shoichi Fujino, Hiroyasu Watanabe, Norimiki Sugiyama, and Hideaki Sadamura, Toda Kogyo Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,296 (20060926), Method for making thin fuel cell electrolyte, Gregory S. Herman, Sriram Ramamoorthi, Peter Mardilovich, Ronald L. Enck, and J. Daniel Smith, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,112,351 (20060926), Methods and apparatus for vacuum thin film deposition, John D. Affinito, Sion Power Corp.

U.S. 7,112,363 (20060926), Porous or non-porous substrate coated with a polymeric composition having hydrophilic functional groups and process, Wilson Moya, Entegris, Inc.

U.S. 7,112,378 (20060926), Apparatus and method for dynamic control of an enthalpy wheel in a fuel cell system, Elwood A. Eisler and David A. Gutenmann, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,112,379 (20060926), Vacuum assisted startup of a fuel cell at sub-freezing temperature, Tommy Skiba, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,112,380 (20060926), Method and apparatus for the storage and redistribution of electrical energy, Giancarlo Sioli, Casale Chemicals SA (CH).

U.S. 7,112,381 (20060926), Vehicle fuel cell power plant warm-up control, Keisuke Wakabayashi and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,382 (20060926), Fuel cell hydrogen recovery system, Takahiro Kuriiwa, Ryoji Takenawa, and Toshiaki Shimada, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,383 (20060926), Binder for electrodes, Kazuo Konabe, DuPont-Mitsui Fluorochemicals Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,384 (20060926), Fuel cell manifold seal with rigid inner layer, Nileshkumar T. Dave and Ning Lin, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,112,385 (20060926), Flow restrictors in fuel cell flow-field, Jeffrey Allan Rock, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,112,386 (20060926), Membrane electrode assemblies with hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst, Ned E. Cipollini, David A. Condit, Jared B. Hertzberg, Thomas D. Jarvi, James A. Leistra, and Michael L. Perry, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,112,387 (20060926), Battery power supply device, Shinya Kimoto, Takaki Kobayashi, and Ko Watanabe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,112,388 (20060926), Battery provided with terminals, Akira Kishida, Hitachi Maxwell Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,112,389 (20060926), Batteries including improved fine fiber separators, Pankaj Arora, Simon Frisk, and Lu Zhang, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,112,449 (20060926), Combinatorial chemical synthesis, Xiangxin Bi, Sujeet Kumar, Craig R. Horne, Ronald J. Mosso, James T. Gardner, Shivkumar Chiruvolo, and Seung M. Lim, NanoGram Corp.

U.S. 7,112,614 (20060926), Crosslinked polymer, Naiyong Jing and Steven J. Hamrock, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,112,615 (20060926), Porous material formation by chemical vapor deposition onto colloidal crystal templates, Karen K. Gleason, Qingguo Wu, and April Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,112,891 (20060926), Mobile-power system with solar-powered hydrogen liberator, fuel cell, turbine, and capacitors, Larry L. Johnson, Julie A. Willets, and Jerry D. Meyers, Sprint Communications Co. LP.

U.S. 7,112,942 (20060926), Battery charger with protection circuitry, Geoffrey S. Howard, Nathanael A. Mackley, Vickie J. Mead, Brian C. Sterling, Danh T. Trinh, Robert A. Usselman, Fred S. Watts, and Janelle Young.

N E X T
B A C K
  B A C K T O P N E X T