U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1315 (February 2007)



U.S. 7,171,881 (20070206), Angled product transfer conveyor, Scott Alan Ripley, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,171,989 (20070206), Fuel dispensing system and method, Adrian James Corless, Noel Christopher Buckley, Darrin Grant Elliott, Carolyn A. Lawrence, and David Reinhold Pfeil, Cellex Power Products, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,172,462 (20070206), Fuse, William Gronowicz Jr., Yazaki North America, Inc.

U.S. 7,172,638 (20070206), Staged air autothermal reformer for improved startup and operation, Gary M. Robb, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,172,647 (20070206), Coolant mixture separator assembly for use in a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant, Albert P. Grasso, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,172,702 (20070206), Method for using water in the processing of fuels for high temperature fuel cells, Claus Hoffjann and Hans-Juergen Heinrich, Airbus Deutschland GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,172,710 (20070206), Performance enhancing additive material for the nickel hydroxide positive electrode in rechargeable alkaline cells, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Bora Tekkanat, Meera Vijan, Hong Wang, and Subhash K. Dhar, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,172,736 (20070206), Compact chemical reactor and compact chemical reactor system, Yoshihiro Kawamura and Naotsugu Ogura, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,737 (20070206), Fuel conversion reactor, Xiaoyang Rong and Brian E. Cheadle, Dana Canada Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,172,747 (20070206), Metal oxide nanotube and process for production thereof, Toshimi Shimizu and John Hwa Jung, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP) and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP).

U.S. 7,172,793 (20070206), Method for coating a moving web and articles made thereby, Olivier Cohu, ILFORD Imaging Switzerland GmbH (CH).

U.S. 7,172,825 (20070206), Fuel cartridge with flexible liner containing insert, Paul Adams, Andrew J. Curello, and Floyd Fairbanks, Societe BIC (FR).

U.S. 7,172,826 (20070206), Method of operating fuel cell and power supply system, Kazutoshi Nomoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,827 (20070206), Fuel cells with integrated humidification and method for humidifying fuel cell process gas, Joachim Scholta, Ludwig Jorrisen, and Bernd Gaugler, Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. (DE).

U.S. 7,172,828 (20070206), Fuel cell system, Jeremy Carl Lawrence (DE).

U.S. 7,172,829 (20070206), Fuel cell and process for the production of same, Hisaaki Gyoten, Kazuhito Hatoh, and Shinya Kosako, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,830 (20070206), Separator for fuel cell and manufacturing method for the same, Seiji Mizuno, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,172,831 (20070206), Battery system for automotive vehicle, Arun Kumar Jaura and Chan-Woo Park, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 7,172,832 (20070206), Sealed battery and battery pack, Shinji Hamada, Takashi Asahina, and Toyohiko Eto, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,172,833 (20070206), Alkaline dry cell, Makoto Urade, Shoichiro Tateishi, Koji Koide, Shinichi Iwamoto, and Minajuro Ushijima, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,834 (20070206), Additive for enhancing the performance of electrochemical cells, T. Richard Jow, Shengshui Zhang, and Kang Xu, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,172,835 (20070206), Alkaline rechargeable battery with medium-length carbon fibers, Jens Löffler and Michael Stober, Varta Automotive Systems GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,172,836 (20070206), Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and method for manufacturing it, and positive active material, and method for producing it, Takamitsu Saito, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, and Shinji Hatake, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,837 (20070206), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode containing carbon fibers and carbon flakes, Akira Yamaguchi, Shinji Hatake, Atsuo Omaru, and Masayuki Nagamine, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,173,067 (20070206), Polymer electrolyte membranes crosslinked by direct fluorination, Miguel A. Guerra, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,173,090 (20070206), Polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, Yoshikuni Akiyama, Minoru Sakata, and Kuniaki Minonishi, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,173,155 (20070206), Terphenyl dihalide monomers having sulfonate groups and process for preparing the same, Jae-Suk Lee, Sun-Young Chang, Kwan-Soo Lee, Myung-Hwan Jeong, and Jung-Eun Yang, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,173,397 (20070206), Battery system, battery monitoring method and apparatus, Takuya Kinoshita, Hideki Miyazaki, Akihiko Emori, Tetsuro Okoshi, and Tokiyoshi Hirasawa, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,173,429 (20070206), Activity-based battery monitor with a universal current measuring apparatus, Nasser H. Kutkut, David Brobst, and Hristo Slavov, Power Designers, LLC.

U.S. 7,173,806 (20070206), Electrode for electric chemical capacitor, manufacturing method and apparatus thereof, Kiyonori Hinoki, Kazuo Katai, Yosuke Miyaki, and Hideki Tanaka, TDK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,173,807 (20070206), Electric double layer capacitor, Takeshi Kawasato, Katsuji Ikeda, Naoki Yoshida, and Kazuya Hiratsuka, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,174,634 (20070213), Method for producing a fluid treatment device having a honeycomb member, Akinobu Morikawa and Tohru Irie, Sango Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,174,703 (20070213), Ion thrusting system, Frank T. Hartley, Ionfinity LLC.

U.S. 7,174,914 (20070213), Coupler, Yasushi Ooishi and Kazuhiro Teraguchi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,175,677 (20070213), Methodology for making electrical contact from a button cell battery to a printed circuit board and a process for manufacturing the same, Robert P. Miller, David Mossington, and Michael J. Roller, Omron Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,817 (20070213), Compact chemical reactor and chemical reaction system, Yoshihiro Kawamura and Naotsugu Ogura, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,826 (20070213), Compositions and methods for hydrogen storage and recovery, John Patrick Lemmon, William Paul Minnear, Luke Nathaniel Brewer, and Susan Holt Townsend, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,175,827 (20070213), Process of producing fuel gas for fuel cell, Iwao Anzai and Takaya Matsumoto, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,928 (20070213), Hydrogen supplying apparatus for fuel cell, Takahiro Kuriiwa, Toshiaki Shimada, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,175,929 (20070213), Fuel cell, method of manufacturing the same, and fuel cell stack including the same, Takashi Arita, Michiko Endo, and Hiroto Inoue, Fujitsu Component Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,930 (20070213), Conducting polymer-grafted carbon material for fuel cell applications, Bollepalli Srinivas, Columbian Chemicals Co.

U.S. 7,175,931 (20070213), Interconnector plate with openings and contact elements sealed in the openings, Peter Batfalsky, Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg, and Lambertus Gerardus Johannes De Haart, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,175,932 (20070213), Fuel cell system, Matthias Boltze, Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,175,933 (20070213), Fuel cell system and vehicle with fuel cell system mounted thereon, Haruyuki Nakanishi and Shinichi Matsumoto, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,175,934 (20070213), Single pump fuel cell system, Michael S. DeFilippis, Graciela I. Varela, Luke E. Yetto, and Keith G. Brown, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 7,175,935 (20070213), Lithium manganese dioxide cell, John Welsh (DE).

U.S. 7,175,936 (20070213), Lithium secondary battery and assembled structure of lithium secondary batteries, Kenji Kawamura and Kenshin Kitoh, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,937 (20070213), Separator having inorganic protective film and lithium battery using the same, Chung-kun Cho, Jong-ki Lee, Jea-woan Lee, and Sang-mock Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,175,938 (20070213), Battery case employing ring sandwich, Douglas Alan Ruth II, Hisashi Tsukamoto, Clay Kishiyama, and Andrew Szyszkowski, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,175,939 (20070213), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Katsunori Yanagida, Naoya Nakanishi, Atsuhiro Funahashi, and Toshiyuki Nohma, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,176,157 (20070213), Anode structure, Sarah Ball and David Thompsett, Johnson Matthey Public Limited Co. (GB).

U.S. 7,176,245 (20070213), Block copolymer processing for mesostructured inorganic oxide materials, Galen D. Stucky, Bradley F. Chmelka, Dongyuan Zhao, Nick Melosh, Qisheng Huo, Jianglin Feng, Peidong Yang, David Pine, David Margolese, Wayne Lukens Jr., Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Patrick Schmidt-Winkel, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,176,247 (20070213), Interpenetrating polymer network, Charles W. Walker Jr., The United States of America.

U.S. 7,176,654 (20070213), Method and system of charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries, Gary D. Meyer, Jay J. Rosenbecker, Kevin L. Glasgow, Todd W. Johnson, and Karl F. Scheucher, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

U.S. 7,176,806 (20070213), Physical key to facilitate an inactive mode for a state-of-charge indicator within a battery, Gregg C. Bruce and Christo Brand, Energy Products Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,177,139 (20070213), Electrical double layer capacitor, Wataru Oizumi, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,177,690 (20070213), Implantable system having rechargeable battery indicator, Carla Mann Woods, James R. Thacker, and David K. L. Peterson, Advanced Bionics Corp.

U.S. 7,177,691 (20070213), Implantable pulse generators using rechargeable zero-volt technology lithium-ion batteries, Paul M. Meadows, Carla Mann Woods, Hisashi Tsukamoto, and Joey Chen, Advanced Bionics Corp.

U.S. 7,178,374 (20070220), Press forming apparatus for fuel cell metal separator, Naoyuki Enjoji, Toshiki Kawamura, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Takanori Monda, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,178,565 (20070220), Self-contained mobile fueling station, Donald Paul Eichelberger, David John Farese, Joseph Perry Cohen, and Richard Layton Colwell, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,178,747 (20070220), Shape engineering of nanoparticles, Tapesh Yadav and Karl Pfaffenbach, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 7,179,310 (20070220), Zinc/air cell with improved anode, Zhiping Jiang and George Cintra, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,179,313 (20070220), Regenerative autothermal catalytic steam reformer, William B. Retallick and William A. Whittenberger, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 7,179,321 (20070220), Facilitated transport membranes comprising a porous support and a solid polymer electrolyte consisting of a transition metal salt and a polymer having phthalic structure, Yong Soo Kang, Hoon Sik Kim, Jong Hak Kim, Kookheon Char, Sang Wook Kang, and Jongok Won, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,179,338 (20070220), Control of engineering processes using magnetostrictive alloy compositions, Sivaraman Guruswamy, Kevin Nguyen, Pinai Mungsantisuk, and Rob Corson, University of Utah Research Foundation.

U.S. 7,179,422 (20070220), Apparatus for improved detection of carbon monoxide by infrared absorption spectroscopy, Kevin W. Kirby, Amanda C. Phelps, and Robert N. Schwartz, HRL Laboratories, LLC.

U.S. 7,179,442 (20070220), Catalyst formulations containing Group 11 metals for hydrogen generation, Alfred Hagemeyer, Raymond E. Carhart, Karin Yaccato, Peter Strasser, Michael Herrmann, Robert K. Grasselli, Christopher James Brooks, and Cory Bernard Phillips, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,443 (20070220), Powder metal hydride hydrogen generator, Andreas Schell, Rolf Schaller, Jason W. Buelow, and Doanh T. Tran, DaimlerChrysler Corp.

U.S. 7,179,500 (20070220), Sub-micron electrolyte thin film on nano-porous substrate by oxidation of metal film, Yong-Il Park, Friedrich B. Prinz, Suk-Won Cha, Sang-Joon John Lee, and Yuji Saito, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,179,501 (20070220), Modified diffusion layer for use in a fuel cell system, Gerhard Beckmann, Xiaoming Ren, Paul F. Mutolo, Frank W. Kovacs, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 7,179,541 (20070220), Heat treatment method for a cold-rolled strip with an Ni and/or Co surface coating, sheet metal producible by said method and battery can producible by said method, Werner Olberding, Beate Monscheuer, Claudia Dahmen, and Karlfried Pfeifenbring, Hille & Muller GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,179,553 (20070220), Method for detecting electrical defects in membrane electrode assemblies, Michael W. Murphy and Brian A. Litteer, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,179,554 (20070220), Fuel cell systems, Arne W. Ballantine and Ron H. Farkash, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,179,555 (20070220), Fuel cell system, Hiroyasu Kudou, Tomohiro Saito, Toshiyuki Kawai, Kunio Okamoto, and Akimasa Osaki, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,556 (20070220), Fuel cell system, Tomohiro Saito, Toshiyuki Kawai, Kunio Okamoto, Akimasa Osaki, and Hiroyasu Kudou, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,557 (20070220), Direct antifreeze cooled fuel cell power plant with passive water management, Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,179,558 (20070220), Braze alloy containing particulate material, Gary F. Reisdorf and Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,559 (20070220), Proton conductor, single-ion conductor, and processes for producing these, Tomitaro Hara, Ryosuke Takagi, and Kazuhiro Noda, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,560 (20070220), Composite electrolyte membrane and fuel cell containing the same, Ju-hee Cho and Chan-ho Pak, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,179,561 (20070220), Nanowire-based membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells, Chunming Niu, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Stephen A. Empedocles, and J. Wallace Parce, Nanosys, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,562 (20070220), Battery electrode assembly and fabrication method therefor, Vladimir Zolotnik, Alex Z. Pal, Jose A. Ulloa, Vladimir Gusev, and Joseph Wong, Quallion LLC.

U.S. 7,179,563 (20070220), Binder for a lithium-sulfur battery, positive active material composition comprising same and lithium-sulfur battery using same, Seok Kim, Yongju Jung, Ji-Seong Han, and Jan-Dee Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,179,564 (20070220), Cadmium negative electrode and nickel cadmium storage battery including the same, Masayoshi Maruta and Mika Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,565 (20070220), Lithium ion secondary cell, Masaya Okochi, Yutaka Kawatate, Ryoichi Tanaka, and Kaoru Inoue, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,566 (20070220), Positive electrode active material for secondary cell, positive electrode for secondary cell using same, and secondary cell, Daisuke Kawasaki, Takehiro Noguchi, and Tatsuji Numata, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,847 (20070220), Polymer electrolytes crosslinked by e-beam, Michael A. Yandrasits, Steven J. Hamrock, and Naiyong Jing, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,179,860 (20070220), Crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes for heat, ion and moisture exchange devices, Liwei Cao, Scott G. Ehrenberg, and Joseph M. Serpico.

U.S. 7,180,264 (20070220), Fuel flexible thermoelectric generator with battery charger, C. W. Sinjin Smith, Charles M. Newton, and Richard Gassman, Harris Corp.

U.S. 7,180,265 (20070220), Charging device with an induction coil, Matti Naskali and Tetsuya Yamamoto, Nokia Corp., Espoo (FI).

U.S. 7,180,266 (20070220), Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack, Yuji Nakada, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,180,267 (20070220), Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack, Yuji Nakada, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,180,268 (20070220), Circuits capable of trickle precharge and/or trickle discharge, Bruce S. Denning, Guoxing Li, and Liusheng Liu, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,180,269 (20070220), Battery charging method, Yoshikazu Izumi, Yasushi Kuroda, Akio Furukawa, and Takahiro Yamashita, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,180,272 (20070220), Malfunction detecting apparatus for on-vehicle charging system, Hideto Okahara, Tadatoshi Asada, and Fuyuki Maehara, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,180,503 (20070220), Inductive power source for peripheral devices, Jeremy Burr and Rajgopal Ramamoorthy, Intel Corp.

U.S. 7,180,725 (20070220), Electric double-layer capacitor, Makoto Takeuchi, Akinori Mogami, and Katsumi Koike, Advanced Capacitor Technologies, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,180,726 (20070220), Self-supporting capacitor structure, Guy Thrap, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,181,316 (20070220), Energy distribution network, Matthew J. Fairlie, William J. Stewart, Andrew T. B. Stuart, Steven J. Thorpe, and Charlie Dong, Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,181,329 (20070220), High temperature protection of fuel cell system combustor and other components via water or water vapor injection, Joseph Francis Ferrall, Wolfgang Alan Fengler, James Daniel Powers, and Pavel Alexandrovich Sokolov, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,181,986 (20070227), Quality control methods for gas diffusion media, Joerg Roth, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,182,132 (20070227), Linearly scalable geothermic fuel cells, Marshall T. Savage, Independant Energy Partners, Inc.

U.S. 7,182,796 (20070227), Odorant for fuel gas, Yutaka Kato, Soda Aromatic Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,182,848 (20070227), Production of hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition, Partha Sarkar, Alberta Research Council, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,182,851 (20070227), Electrolytic commercial production of hydrogen from hydrocarbon compounds, Rodolfo Antonio M. Gomez (AU).

U.S. 7,182,887 (20070227), Conductive composite material and fuel cell electrode using same, Franck Jousse, Jean-Felix Salas, Didier Marsacq, and Philippe Mazabraud, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (FR).

U.S. 7,182,898 (20070227), Process for complex shape formation using flexible graphite sheets, Jeremy H. Klug, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,182,921 (20070227), Cylindrical steam reforming unit, Toshiyasu Miura, Jun Komiya, Hiroshi Fujiki, and Naohiko Fujiwara, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,183,014 (20070227), Battery pack, Hiroshi Sasaki and Takayuki Inoi, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,183,015 (20070227), Fuel cell stack with circuit, Detlef Stolten, Hendrik Dohle, Jürgen Mergel, and Helmut Baltruschat, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,183,016 (20070227), Integrated fuel cell power system, Jerrold E. Franklin, Altergy Systems.

U.S. 7,183,017 (20070227), Composite polymer electrolytes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Karl Milton Taft III, Matthew Robert Kurano, and Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Hoku Scientific, Inc.

U.S. 7,183,018 (20070227), Electrode material for anode of rechargeable lithium battery, electrode structural body using said electrode material, rechargeable lithium battery using said electrode structural body, process for producing said electrode structural body, and process for producing said rechargeable lithium battery, Soichiro Kawakami and Masaya Asao, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,183,019 (20070227), Negative active material composition for a rechargeable lithium battery, method of producing a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery using the same, and rechargeable lithium battery fabricated using the same, Chang-Seob Kim, Ju-Hyung Kim, and Un-Sick Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,183,020 (20070227), Separator for battery and lithium ion battery using the same, Yasuhiro Sudou, Hironori Suzuki, Satoru Nagami, Kazuo Ikuta, Takahiko Yamamoto, Shun Okijima, Satoru Suzuki, and Hiroshi Ueshima, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP) and DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,183,021 (20070227), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi and Gorou Shibamoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,183,337 (20070227), Optically clear nanocomposites and products using nanoscale fillers, Tapesh Yadav and Clayton Kostelecky, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 7,183,370 (20070227), Phosphonic-acid grafted hybrid inorganic-organic proton electrolyte membranes (PEMs), Siwen Li, Meilin Liu, Kohei Hase, Masatsugu Nakanishi, Wen Li, and Junzo Ukai, Toyota Technical Center USA, Inc.

U.S. 7,183,418 (20070227), Mono-, oligo- and polythieno[2,3-b]thiophenes, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch, and Clare Bailey, Merck Patent Gesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,183,746 (20070227), Cart charge system, Darrell L. Carter.

U.S. 7,183,748 (20070227), Electric charger and power supply device for portable terminal, Hirokazu Unno and Hisashi Hayasaka, Fujitsu Ltd. (JP).