U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1313 (December 2006)

U.S. 7,143,724 (20061205), Power supply device for vehicle, Kazuki Hashizumi and Hideo Shimizu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,143,782 (20061205), Pressure regulator module for controlling a gas, Guenther Bantleon and Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,144,445 (20061205), Use of an adsorbent in solid foam form for the purification or separation of gases, Vincent Gueret and Serge Moreau, L’Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l’Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (FR).

U.S. 7,144,476 (20061205), Carbon fiber electrode substrate for electrochemical cells, Peter Wilde, Michael Maendle, Heiko Leinfelder, and Josef Steinhart, SGL Carbon AG (DE).

U.S. 7,144,566 (20061205), Process of producing fuel gas for fuel cell, Iwao Anzai and Takaya Matsumoto, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,144,567 (20061205), Renewable energy carrier system and method, Erling Jim Andersen (CA).

U.S. 7,144,633 (20061205), Glass compositions, George Zguris, John Windisch, Patrick Svoboda, and Yuri Vulfson, Evanite Fiber Corp.

U.S. 7,144,644 (20061205), Mass flow metering air supply for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack, Karl J. Haltiner Jr. and Sean M. Kelly, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,144,645 (20061205), Operation method for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuhito Hatoh, Osamu Sakai, Hideo Ohara, Junji Niikura, Hisaaki Gyoten, Toshihiro Matsumoto, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,144,646 (20061205), Method and apparatus for multiple mode control of voltage from a fuel cell system, Martin T. Pearson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,144,647 (20061205), Fuel cell stack, Narutoshi Sugita, Tadashi Nishiyama, Ken Takahashi, and Seiji Sugiura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,144,648 (20061205), Bipolar plate, Hazem Tawfik and Yue Hung, The Research Foundation of State University of New York and Long Island Power Authority.

U.S. 7,144,649 (20061205), Interconnect for solid oxide fuel cells, Jean Yamanis, Sunil G. Warrier, Venkata R. Vedula, Raymond C. Benn, John G. Smeggil, Shihong G. Song, and Wayde R. Schmidt, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,144,650 (20061205), Check valve and fuel cell system using the same, Kazunori Fukuma, Kouji Miyano, and Katsumi Sahoda, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,144,651 (20061205), High-temperature compliant compression seal, John Finn and K. R. Sridhar, Bloom Energy Corp.

U.S. 7,144,652 (20061205), Membrane-electrode assembly for polymeric membrane fuel cell, Giulio Alberti, Mario Casciola, Enrico Ramunni, and Rubén Ornelas Jacobo, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe Srl de Nora Electrodi SpA (IT).

U.S. 7,144,653 (20061205), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi, Goro Shibamoto, and Shuji Goto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,144,654 (20061205), Microscopic batteries integrated with MEMS systems, Rodney M. LaFollette, Linton G. Salmon, and John N. Harb, Bipolar Technologies Corp.

U.S. 7,144,655 (20061205), Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte, Mark Lynn Jenson and Victor Henry Weiss, Cymbet Corp.

U.S. 7,144,656 (20061205), Alkaline battery sealing gasket and sealed alkaline battery, Kiyohide Tsutsui, Norihisa Watanabe, Itsue Yoshioka, and Yuji Tsuchida, FDK Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,144,657 (20061205), Electrical rechargeable battery, Peter Streuer, Christian Rosenkranz, and Gerolf Richter, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,144,658 (20061205), Ultrathin, conformal polymer coatings as separators at nanostructured metal oxides used for energy storage, Jeffrey W. Long and Debra R. Rolison, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,144,659 (20061205), Negative electrode and lithium ion secondary battery using the same, Yusuke Fukumoto, Yasuhiko Hina, Kaoru Inoue, and Tsuyoshi Iwakura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,144,660 (20061205), Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and non-aqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using the same, Kunihisa Shima, Kenji Shizuka, and Makoto Ue, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,145,313 (20061205), Battery protection circuit for simulating an overcurrent condition based on battery current flow, Michael D. Geren, Jennifer K. Collier, and John E. Herrmann, Motorola Inc.

U.S. 7,145,314 (20061205), DC power source unit with battery charging function, Takao Aradachi, Takeshi Takeda, Hidekazu Harada, Nobuhiro Takano, Kenrou Ishimaru, and Kazuhiko Funabashi, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,145,763 (20061205), High-voltage electric double layer capacitor, Yu-Tack Kim, Moon-Bae Lee, Sang-Hyun Lee, Sang-Ick Lee, Chul-Wan Park, Jin-Bae Park, Kwang-Chul Roh, Jin-Hyoung Son, and Seung-Hwan Song, Korchip Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,146,801 (20061212), Fuel vaporizing device, Motohisa Kamijo, Takashi Aoyama, and Takao Izumi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,214 (20061212), Humidifier for fuel cell using high conductivity carbon foam, James W. Klett and David P. Stinton, UT-Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 7,147,231 (20061212), Seal feature to prevent bending, Steve George Koch, Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership.

U.S. 7,147,544 (20061212), Glass–ceramics, Anatoly Z. Rosenflanz, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,147,674 (20061212), Pretreated porous electrode and method for manufacturing same, Linda Zhong, Xiaomei Xi, and Bin Zou, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,147,676 (20061212), Method of preparing a nickel positive electrode active material, Yoshitaka Dansui, Tatsuhiko Suzuki, and Hideki Kasahara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,677 (20061212), Bipolar plate assembly, fuel cell stacks and fuel cell systems incorporating the same, David J. Edlund, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,147,678 (20061212), Alkaline cell with improved anode, Zhiping Jiang and George Cintra, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,147,680 (20061212), Hydrogen purification apparatus and method and fuel cell power generation system and method, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Kunihiro Ukai, Seiji Fujiwara, Takeshi Tomizawa, and Hidenobu Wakita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,690 (20061212), Method for replenishing hydrogen to compressed hydrogen tank and hydrogen replenishing device, Toshiaki Shimada and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,744 (20061212), Process for production of multi-layer electrode or electrode assembly and gaseous diffusion electrode, Till Kaz and Norbert Wagner, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt eV (DE).

U.S. 7,147,836 (20061212), Device for evaporating a liquid, Andreas Ebert, Oskar Lamla, Martin Schuessler, and Tomas Stefanovski, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,147,894 (20061212), Method for assembling nano objects, Otto Z. Zhou, Hideo Shimoda, and Soojin Oh, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

U.S. 7,147,912 (20061212), Amphipathic proteinaceous coating on nanoporous polymer, John Francis Imbalzano and Barry Stieglitz, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,147,945 (20061212), System for determining a gas composition within a shut down fuel cell power plant and method of operation, Ryan J. Balliet and Carl A. Reiser, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,147,946 (20061212), Fuel cell system, Emi Kawasumi, Yasukazu Iwasaki, and Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,947 (20061212), Selective carbon monoxide oxidation catalyst, method of making the same and systems using the same, Ming-Cheng Wu and Jeffrey G. Weissman, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,147,948 (20061212), Method and apparatus for enhancing catalytic activity, David Champion, Christopher Beatty, and Peter Mardilovich, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,147,949 (20061212), Fuel electrode of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Tomoyuki Tada and Masahiko Inoue, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo KK (JP) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) .

U.S. 7,147,950 (20061212), Liquid fuel-housing tank for fuel cell and fuel cell, Maki Yonetsu, Masahiro Takashita, and Hiroyasu Sumino, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,147,952 (20061212), Metal-air cell having an adjustable air inlet, Ming Yu Huang, CMC Magnetics Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,147,953 (20061212), Dual fuel cell stacks connected in series electrically and in parallel for gas flow, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Subhasish Mukerjee, and Diane M. England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,147,954 (20061212), Fuel cell and method of assembling the same, Shiro Akiyama, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,147,955 (20061212), Fuel cartridge for fuel cells, Paul Adams, Societe BIC (FR).

U.S. 7,147,956 (20061212), Fuel cell and separator therefor, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,147,957 (20061212), Electrode for fuel cell and manufacturing method therefor, Shuji Hitomi, GS Yuasa Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,958 (20061212), Membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, Surya Prakash, Sekharipuram R Narayanan, Anthony Atti, George Olah, and Marshall C. Smart, California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California.

U.S. 7,147,959 (20061212), Process for the manufacture of membrane-electrodeassemblies using catalyst-coated membranes, Joachim Köhler, Knut Fehl, Anita Kramer, Sandra Wittpahl, and Klaus Schaack, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,147,960 (20061212), Conductive composite material and electrode for fuel cell using said material formed by thermo-compression, Pierre Baurens, Eric Bourgeoisat, Franck Jousse, and Jean-Felix Salas, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (FR).

U.S. 7,147,962 (20061212), Lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Akio Enomoto, Kenji Kawamura, Kenshin Kitoh, and Toshihiro Yoshida, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,963 (20061212), Battery pack with thermal distribution configuration, Shinya Kimoto, Mitsugu Takaki, Kenji Kimura, Toshinobu Yokoyama, Shinsuke Fukuda, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshihiro Katsuta, and Kieko Asakawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,147,964 (20061212), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and negative electrode for the same, Kohei Suzuki, Kazunori Kubota, Motoi Kawamura, Akira Kuroda, Masao Fukunaga, and Tsumoru Ohata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,965 (20061212), Pressure-balanced battery for downhole tools, David R. Hall and Joe R. Fox.

U.S. 7,147,966 (20061212), Coated carbon nanotube array electrodes, Zhifeng Ren, Jian Wen, Jinghua Chen, Zhongping Huang, and Dezhi Wang, The Trustees of Boston College.

U.S. 7,147,967 (20061212), Cathode for metal-oxygen battery, Jeffrey A. Read, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,147,968 (20061212), Positive electrode for lithium-sulfur battery, Ji-Seong Han, Su-Suk Choi, Seung-Hee Park, and Yun-Suk Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,147,969 (20061212), Positive electrode active material, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing positive electrode active material, Atsuo Yamada, Guohua Li, and Hideto Azuma, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,970 (20061212), Electrode material for non-aqueous solvent secondary cell, electrode and secondary cell, Minoru Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Takashi Wakahoi, Shuji Morinishi, Naohiro Sonobe, and Akio Hoshi, Kureha Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,971 (20061212), Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery, Takashi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Toyoki Fujihara, Masahiro Iyori, Maruo Kamino, and Shigeki Matsuta, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,147,972 (20061212), Method and apparatus for achieving prolonged battery life, Johan C. Fitter, Robert T. Morris Jr., Richard E. Belmont, and John T. C. Kan.

U.S. 7,148,128 (20061212), Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof, Joseph M. Jacobson, E Ink Corp.

U.S. 7,148,444 (20061212), Method and system for resistance seam welding of a foil and at least one foil support of a fuel cell system, Thomas Beisswenger, Arnold Lamm, Thomas Poschmann, Bernhard Vogel, Wolfgang Weger, and Norbert Wiesheu, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,148,637 (20061212), Portable compound battery unit management system, Ying-Hao Shu and Bin-Yen Ma, Wiz Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,148,653 (20061212), Method of diagnosing a motor vehicle battery based on parameters related to an electric quantity supplied by the battery, Marco Mauro, Maria Paola Bianconi, Andrea Fortunato, and Mario Gambera, CRF Societá Consortile per Azioni (IT).

U.S. 7,148,654 (20061212), Method and apparatus for monitoring fuel cell voltages, Stephen Burany, Ravi B. Gopal, Norman A. Freeman, and Stéphane Massé, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,148,656 (20061212), Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack, Tsuyoshi Sodeno, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,149,641 (20061212), System and method for controlling a fuel cell testing device, Ravi B. Gopal and Yuehui Wei, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,150,099 (20061219), Heat exchanger for high-temperature applications, William A. Whittenberger and Richard C. Cornelison, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 7,150,294 (20061219), Fuel cell hose, Kazutaka Katayama and Koyo Murakami, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,295 (20061219), Fuel cell hose, Kazutaka Katayama and Hiroaki Ito, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,655 (20061219), Test plug and cable for a glucose monitor, John J. Mastrototaro, Richard E. Purvis, Edgardo C. Halili, and Eric Johnson, MiniMed Inc.

U.S. 7,150,660 (20061219), High current automotive electrical connector and terminal, Christopher Lee Allgood, Jimmy Glenn Grubbs, Jeremy Christin Patterson, and Garold Micheal Yurko, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 7,150,768 (20061219), Method of assembling a cell comprising a plurality of anode and cathode plates stacked together, Mathew Martin Airey, Harry Bridge, and David Gerrard Leyland, ABSL Power Solutions Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,150,840 (20061219), Graphite fine carbon fiber, and production method and use thereof, Ryuji Yamamoto and Akinori Sudoh, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 7,150,846 (20061219), Bipolar plate and method of fabricating it, Willi Bartholomeyzik and Gerhard Bohrmann, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,150,866 (20061219), Catalyst for autothermal reforming of hydrocarbons with increased water gas shift activity, Stefan Wieland and Frank Baumann, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,150,918 (20061219), Bilayer coating system for an electrically conductive element in a fuel cell, Brian K. Brady, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,150,920 (20061219), Metal-carbon composite powders, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, and Quint H. Powell, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,150,927 (20061219), SORFC system with non-noble metal electrode compositions, Darren Hickey and Ian Russell, Bloom Energy Corp.

U.S. 7,150,928 (20061219), Fuel cell drive system, Shigeru Kamegaya, Tadashi Matoba, and Mitsutaka Abe, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,929 (20061219), Fuel cell coolers with inverse flow and condensation zone, Robert R. Fredley and Bhimashankar V. Nitta, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,150,930 (20061219), Power supply system and operating method thereof, Koichi Tanaka, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,931 (20061219), Fuel cell gas separator, Donald Jaffrey, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,150,932 (20061219), Production of tubular fuel cells, fuel cell modules, base elements and ion exchanger membranes, Thomas Hofler and Norbert Stroh, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV (DE).

U.S. 7,150,933 (20061219), Method of manufacturing high power density fuel cell layers with micro structured components, Gerard Francis McLean, Angstrom Power, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,150,934 (20061219), Electrolyte film electrode union, fuel cell containing the same and process for producing them, Akihiko Yoshida, Yoshihiro Hori, Makoto Uchida, Eiichi Yasumoto, Yasuo Takebe, Osamu Sakai, Shinya Kosako, Takeshi Yonamine, Masaki Yamauchi, Yasushi Sugawara, and Junji Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,935 (20061219), Cooling device for battery pack and rechargeable battery, Shinji Hamada and Toyohiko Eto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,150,936 (20061219), Sealed battery and method for manufacturing sealed battery, Kazuyuki Tukawaki, Kiyohide Takimoto, Hiroyuki Mizuno, and Yuichi Maekawa, NEC Tokin Tochigi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,937 (20061219), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and negative electrode for the same, Kohei Suzuki, Kazunori Kubota, Motoi Kawamura, Akira Kuroda, Masao Fukunaga, and Tsumoru Ohata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,938 (20061219), Structurally embedded intelligent power unit, M. Zafar A. Munshi and Alfred J. Longhi Jr., Lithium Power Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,150,939 (20061219), Surface-treated steel sheet for battery container, a battery container, and a battery using same, Hitoshi Ohmura, Tatsuo Tomomori, Hideo Ohmura, and Keiji Yamane, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,940 (20061219), Lithium ion secondary battery, Masaya Okochi, Masatoshi Nagayama, Yutaka Kawatate, Ryoichi Tanaka, and Hideya Asano, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,941 (20061219), Secondary battery, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroyuki Akashi, and Momoe Adachi, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,942 (20061219), Negative electrode current collector, negative electrode using the same, and non-aqueous electrolytic secondary cell, Tatsuya Hashimoto and Yorihito Ohana, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,943 (20061219), Inorganic solid electrolyte and lithium cell component, Hirokazu Kugai and Nobuhiro Ota, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,150,944 (20061219), Non-aqueous electrolyte compositions and lithium secondary batteries made thereof, Eui-Hwan Song, Won-Il Jung, and Duck-Chul Hwang, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,151,069 (20061219), Manufacturing processes of catalyst layer for fuel cell, Yoshinobu Yasunaga and Shuji Hitomi, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,151,356 (20061219), Retractable cord power adapter and battery pack, Jeffrey Ganping Chen (CA).

U.S. 7,151,357 (20061219), Pulse frequency modulation for induction charge device, Bo-Xun Xian, Ren-Kai Zheng, and Shi-Hao Lu, KYE Systems Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,151,358 (20061219), Multi-battery automatic charging circuit with individual regulator, Tai-Her Yang (TW).

U.S. 7,151,378 (20061219), Implantable energy management system and method, Harry L. Valenta Jr. and Joseph M. Probst, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,152,417 (20061226), Battery cooling apparatus with sufficient cooling capacity, Yusuke Morishita and Yoshimitsu Inoue, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,152,616 (20061226), Devices and methods for programmable microscale manipulation of fluids, Piero Zucchelli and Bart Van de Vyver, SpinX, Inc (CH).

U.S. 7,152,638 (20061226), Safety system for a liquid fuel tank, Patrick Ganachaud, Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme) (BE).

U.S. 7,152,665 (20061226), Pressure tank, Keiji Toh, Hidehito Kubo, Katsuyoshi Fujita, Akiko Kumano, Masahiko Kimbara, Yoshihiro Isogai, and Daigoro Mori, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 7,152,854 (20061226), Spring mechanism and cell contact mechanism for small electronic device, Junichi Uchida, Olympus Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,333 (20061226), Fuel reforming system of a fuel cell, Akihiro Sakakida, Mikiya Shinohara, Tadashi Shoji, and Shiro Tanaka, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,334 (20061226), Fuel reforming system and method of operation, Suzanne Rose Ellis, Jessica Grace Reinkingh, Jullian Elaine Bailie, David Wails, and Michael Ian Petch, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,153,409 (20061226), Electrochemical cell system and method of operation, Jason K. Shiepe and Frano Barbir, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,153,489 (20061226), Method of producing hydrogen, Dennis N. Bingham, Kerry M. Klingler, Bruce M. Wilding, and William T. Zollinger, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S. 7,153,559 (20061226), Ceramic-metal composite body, composite structure for transporting oxide ion, and composite body having sealing property, Wataru Ito, Tadashi Sakon, Hitoshi Dohnomae, and Toru Nagai, Nippon Steel Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,598 (20061226), Methods of operating fuel cells having closed reactant supply systems, David A. Summers and Herwig R. Haas, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,153,600 (20061226), Integrated cell voltage monitoring module, Benno Andreas-Schott, Joachim Lauk, and Stephen Raiser, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,153,601 (20061226), Fuel cell with embedded current collector, Peter Mardilovich, Niranjan Thirukkovalur, David Champion, Gregory Herman, and James O’Neil, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,153,602 (20061226), Fuel cell assembly, Tadahiro Kubota, Jun Sasahara, Nariaki Kuriyama, and Yuji Isogai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,153,603 (20061226), Process for decreasing the resistivity of conductive flow field plates for use in fuel cells, Yuqi Cai, Divya Chopra, and John C. Fisher, E I duPont Canada Co. (CA).

U.S. 7,153,604 (20061226), Liquid fuel cell device, Yoshihiro Akasaka, Hideyuki Ohzu, and Wu Mei, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,153,605 (20061226), Fuel cell cooled by latent heat of water evaporation, Munehisa Horiguchi, Hidemi Kato, and Masataka Ueno, Kabushikikaisha Equos Research (JP).

U.S. 7,153,606 (20061226), Secondary battery, Takayuki Shirane, Tetsu Hashimoto, Naoto Arai, and Futoshi Tanigawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,607 (20061226), Alkaline zinc secondary cell and method for preparation thereof, Chiaki Iwakura, Naoji Furukawa, Yoichi Izumi, and Yoshinori Toyoguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,608 (20061226), Ionic conductor, process for production thereof, and electrochemical device, Koichiro Hinokuma, Bjoern Pietzak, Constance Gertrud Rost, Masafumi Ata, Yongming Li, and Kazuaki Fukushima, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,609 (20061226), Rechargeable battery with nonaqueous electrolyte, Kohichi Kubo, Hideyuki Kanai, and Shuji Yamada, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,153,610 (20061226), Battery and negative electrode plate for battery, Kazuo Kojima, Sanoh Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,153,611 (20061226), Lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing thereof, Hiroshi Minami, Katsunobu Sayama, Hiromasa Yagi, Atsushi Fukui, Mariko Torimae, Yasuyuki Kusumoto, and Hisaki Tarui, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,153,802 (20061226), Method of making an electrode for a membrane electrode assembly and method of making the membrane electrode assembly, Judith Manco, Christopher Capuano, Juan Nava, and Flavio Tinoco, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,153,906 (20061226), Resin composition for a battery case for secondary battery, Yoshikuni Akiyama and Minoru Sakata, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,153,974 (20061226), Ionic liquids II, Michael Schmidt, Udo Heider, Winfried Geissler, Nikolai Ignatyev, and Volker Hilarius, Merck GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,154,068 (20061226), Method and system for a vehicle battery temperature control, Douglas Zhu, Jacob Mathews, Bob Taenaka, and Patrick Maguire, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,154,247 (20061226), Secondary battery state-of-charge estimating apparatus and method using polarization voltages, and recording medium usable thereby, Yoshiaki Kikuchi and Hidenori Takahashi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,154,735 (20061226), Decoupling module for decoupling high-frequency signals from a power supply line, Marion Kornelia Matters-Kammerer, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NL).

U.S. 7,154,737 (20061226), Nonaqueous electrolyte, electrical double-layer capacitors, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells, Tatsuya Maruo, Shoko Marukane, Gen Masuda, and Takaya Sato, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,154,738 (20061226), Polarizing electrode for electric double layer capacitor and electric double layer capacitor therewith, Shigeki Oyama, Manabu Iwaida, and Kenichi Murakami, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Kuraray Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,155,075 (20061226), Optical battery temperature monitoring system and method, Veera Palanivelu Rajendran, Robert Dean King, Timothy Gerard Richter, and Lembit Salasoo, General Electric Co.