U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Compiled by Eddie T. Seo
etseo@netway.net
Littleton, CO

Official Gazette, Volume 1262 (September 2002)

U.S. 6,443,253 (20020903), Thermal management system for an electrochemical engine, Lee Curtis Whitehead and Ronald J. Daum, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,444,016 (20020903), Hydrogen storage unit, Hisayoshi Oshima and Hidehiko Hiramatsu, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,111 (20020903), Electrochemical solid phase synthesis of polymers, Donald D. Montgomery, CombiMatrix Corp.

U.S. 6,444,179 (20020903), Autothermal reformer, Richard Sederquist, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,444,189 (20020903), Process for making and using titanium oxide particles, Ying Wang and Donald Keith Swanson, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,444,337 (20020903), Fuel cell with low cathodic polarization and high power density, Subramanian T. M. Iyer, Energetics, Inc.

U.S. 6,444,338 (20020903), Fuel cell system with improved startability, Yasushi Araki, Shigeaki Murata, and Hitoshi Hamada, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,444,339 (20020903), Microcell electrochemical device assemblies with thermal management subsystem, and method of making and using the same, Ray R. Eshraghi, Microcell Corp.

U.S. 6,444,340 (20020903), Electrical conductivity in a fuel cell assembly, Donald Jaffrey, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,444,341 (20020903), Polymer electrolyte membrane assembly for fuel cells, Shiao-Ping S. Yen, Andrew Kindler, Andre Yavrouian, and Gerald Halpert, California Institute of Technology.

U.S. 6,444,342 (20020903), Air feed tube support system for a solid oxide fuel cell generator, Vinod B. Doshi, Roswell J. Ruka, and Charles A. Hager, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp.

U.S. 6,444,343 (20020903), Polymer electrolyte membranes for use in fuel cells, G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah, Marshall C. Smart, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, Qungie J. Wang, Subbarao Surumpudi, and Gerald Halpert, University of Southern California.

U.S. 6,444,344 (20020903), Material for fuel cell separator and fuel cell separator made from said material, Kazuo Saito and Atsushi Hagiwara, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,345 (20020903), Fuel cell system, Jochen Sang, Xcellsis GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,444,346 (20020903), Fuel cells stack, Hideo Ohara, Makoto Uchida, and Yasushi Sugawara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,347 (20020903), Gas diffusion electrode and application to catalyzed electrochemical processes, Ludovic Ouvry, Nathalie Nicolaus, and Philippe Parmentier, Messier-Bugatti (FR).

U.S. 6,444,360 (20020903), Electrochemical cell activated with a nonaqueous electrolyte having a sulfate additive, Hong Gan and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,444,361 (20020903), Active material for hydrogen storage alloy electrode and method for producing the same, Katsunori Komori, Hiromu Matsuda, and Yoshinori Toyoguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,362 (20020903), Hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and process for producing same, Teruhiko Imoto, Yoshinori Matsuura, Nobuyuki Higashiyama, Mamoru Kimoto, Mitsuzo Nogami, Ikuo Yonezu, and Koji Nishio, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,366 (20020903), Non-sintered electrode and method of manufacturing same, Hiroshi Kawano, Yoshio Moriwaki, and Isao Matsumoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,444,370 (20020903), Electrolytes having improved low temperature performance, Jeremy Barker, Feng Gao, and Arnold Stux, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,444,602 (20020903), Structures and methods of manufacture for gas diffusion electrodes and electrode components, Michael DeMarinis, Emory S. De Castro, Robert J. Allen, and Khaleda Shaikh, DeNora SpA (IT).

U.S. 6,444,609 (20020903), Manganese-based oxygen reduction catalyst, metal-air electrode including said catalyst and methods for making the same, Neal Golovin, AER Energy Resources, Inc.

U.S. 6,445,158 (20020903), Vehicle electrical system tester with encoded output, Kevin I. Bertness and Michael E. Troy, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,445,159 (20020903), Power sharing method and circuit for simultaneously charging multiple loads, Martin H. Ramsden, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,445,566 (20020903), Power source element, Shunji Watanabe and Tsugio Sakai, Seiko Instruments Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,445,582 (20020903), Power supply apparatus, Takashi Oda and Tatsuhito Horiuchi, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,446,597 (20020910), Fuel delivery and ignition system for operation of energy conversion systems, Roy E. McAlister.

U.S. 6,446,673 (20020910), Fuel hose of low fuel permeability, Shinji Iio, Hiroaki Ito, Yoshimitsu Ishida, Katsutoshi Mizuno, and Tomohide Ito, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,447,022 (20020910), Flexible connector, George M. Allen, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,447,669 (20020910), Recycling of galvanic cells, Michael Jonathan Lain, Accentus Plc (GB).

U.S. 6,447,692 (20020910), Nanometer sized phase change materials for enhanced heat transfer fluid performance, Leslie A. Momoda and Amanda C. Phelps, HRL Laboratories, LLC.

U.S. 6,447,699 (20020910), Electrode conductive material, Patrick Bernard and Claudette Audry, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,447,736 (20020910), System for the water vapor reforming of a hydrocarbon, Rainer Autenrieth, Stefan Boneberg, Andreas Christen, Dietmar Heil, Barbara Strobel, Steffen Wieland, and Detlef zur Megede, Xcellsis GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,447,745 (20020910), Catalytic oxidation process, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, John Henry Dunsmuir, Sebastian Carmen Reyes, Paul Joseph Berlowitz, John Frances Brody, Bruce Anthony Derites, Wenyih Frank Lai, Mark Leland Tiller, Hyung Suk Woo, and Chuansheng Bai, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.

U.S. 6,447,940 (20020910), Evaporation control method for liquid fuel in fuel cell system, Kenichirou Ueda, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,447,941 (20020910), Fuel cell, Norihiro Tomimatsu, Hideyuki Ohzu, Yoshihiro Akasaka, Kazuhiro Yasuda, and Masahiro Takashita, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,447,942 (20020910), Alkaline fuel cell, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Rosa T. Young, and Thomas Hopper, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,447,943 (20020910), Fuel cell with proton conducting membrane with a pore size less than 30 nm, Emanuel Peled, Tair Duvdevani, Avi Melman, and Adi Aharon, Ramot University Authority for Applied Research & Industrial Development (IL).

U.S. 6,447,944 (20020910), Solid electrolyte, method of producing same and fuel cell using same, Yoshio Akimune, Mikiya Shinohara, and Fumio Munakata, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,447,947 (20020910), Zinc/air cell, Rokeya Huq, Peter R. Moses, David Pappas, and Guang Wei, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,447,952 (20020910), Polymer electrolytes, Ella F. Spiegel, Anthony F. Sammells, and Kresimir Adamic, Eltron Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,448,535 (20020910), Cooling device for electric vehicle with fuel cell, Ngy Srun Ap, Valeo Thermique Moteur (FR).

U.S. 6,449,139 (20020910), Multi-electrode double layer capacitor having hermetic electrolyte seal, C. Joseph Farahmandi, John M. Dispennette, Edward Blank, Robert W. Crawford, and Chenniah Nanjundiah, Maxwell Electronic Components Group, Inc.

U.S. 6,451,073 (20020917), Method of making a multi-electrode double layer capacitor having single electrolyte seal and aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth electrodes, C. Joseph Farahmandi, John M. Dispennette, Edward Blank, and Alan C. Kolb, Maxwell Electronic Components Group, Inc.

U.S. 6,451,463 (20020917), Electro-chemical power generation systems employing arrays of electronically-controllable discharging and/or recharging cells within a unity support structure, Tsepin Tsai and Sadeg M Faris, Reveo, Inc.

U.S. 6,451,464 (20020917), System and method for early detection of contaminants in a fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,451,465 (20020917), Method for operating a combustor in a fuel cell system, Robert W. Chalfant and Bruce .J Clingerman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,451,466 (20020917), Functional integration of multiple components for a fuel cell power plant, Albert P. Grasso, Leslie L. Van Dine, and George Vartanian, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,451,467 (20020917), Flow control subsystem for a fuel cell system, Norman Peschke and Curtis Richardson, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,451,468 (20020917), Sealing material for fuel cell, Mamoru Adachi, Three Bond Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,451,469 (20020917), Sealing structure of fuel cell and process for molding rubber packing, Yuzo Nakamura and Haruhito Takao, Tigers Polymer Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,451,470 (20020917), Gas diffusion electrode with reduced diffusing capacity for water and polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Arthur Koschany, Christian Lucas, and Thomas Schwesinger, Magnet-Motor Gesellschaft fur Magnetmotorische Technik mbH (DE).

U.S. 6,451,471 (20020917), Conductivity fuel cell collector plate and method of fabrication, James C. Braun, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,451,475 (20020917), Front access interlocking modular cell tray assembly, Mark R. Sherwood, East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,451,483 (20020917), Enhanced capacity Li/CFx electrochemical cell, Joseph Probst, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Sally Ann Smesko, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 6,451,485 (20020917), Electrical energy devices, David James, Daniel B. Allison II, John J. Kelley, and James B. Doe, Advanced Power Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,451,487 (20020917), Composite coating LiPO3, Simon Besner, Michel Armand, Jean-FranJois Magnan, Andre Belanger, Michel Gauthier, and Elisabeth Dupuis, Hydro-Quebec (CA).

U.S. 6,451,906 (20020917), Flame-retardant resin composition and molded article consisting of the same, Akihiro Saito, Takuro Kitamura, Hiromi Ishida, Yoshiaki Takezawa, Yutaka Horie, and Michio Zenbayashi, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,451,942 (20020917), Substrates carrying polymers of linked sandwich coordination compounds and methods of use thereof, Junzhong Li, Dorota Gryko, and Jonathan S. Lindsey, North Carolina State University.

U.S. 6,452,048 (20020917), Process for producing sulfonylimide compound, Tetsuo Yonezawa and Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Morita Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,452,352 (20020917), Method of current interaction in an electric motor drive system having a load-dependent current generating system, Kenneth James Farkas, Ballard Power Systems Corp.

U.S. 6,452,782 (20020917), Non-aqueous electrolyte electric double-layer capacitor, deterioration inhibitor for non-aqueous electrolyte electric double-layer capacitor and additive for non-aqueous electrolyte electric double-layer capacitor, Masashi Otsuki, Shigeki Endo, and Takao Ogino, Bridgestone Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,454,578 (20020924), Foldable transformer, Huan Ming Yao, Hon Hai Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,454,816 (20020924), Supercapacitor using electrode of new material and method of manufacturing the same, Young-hee Lee, Kay-hyeok An, and Jae-eun Yoo, Iljin Nanotech Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,454,922 (20020924), Corrosion test cell for bipolar plates, Kirk R. Weisbrod, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,454,935 (20020924), Method for desulfurizing gasoline or diesel fuel for use in a fuel cell power plant, Roger R. Lesieur, Christopher Teeling, Joseph J. Sangiovanni, Laurence R. Boedeker, Zissis A. Dardas, He Huang, Jian Sun, Xia Tang, and Louis J. Spadaccini, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,454,978 (20020924), Process for making fuel cell plates, W. Scott Thielman, Avery Dennison Corp.

U.S. 6,455,008 (20020924), Fuel reformer and fuel reforming method, Satoshi Aoyama and Yasushi Araki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,455,109 (20020924), Electrode for fuel cell and method of producing the same, Eiichi Yasumoto, Hisaaki Gyoten, Makoto Uchida, Yasushi Sugawara, Yasutomo Funakoshi, Kouji Nakagawa, and Toshihiro Matsumoto, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,455,172 (20020924), Laminated ribbon and method and apparatus for producing same, Kentaro Yano and Noboru Hanai, Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,455,175 (20020924), Electroless rhodium plating, Alexander S. Kozlov, Thirumalai Palanisamy, and Dave Narasimhan, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 6,455,179 (20020924), Fuel cell system, Narutoshi Sugita, Noriaki Osao, and Takeshi Ushio, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,455,180 (20020924), Flexible method for monitoring fuel cell voltage, Kenneth D. Mowery and Eugene V. Ripley, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,455,181 (20020924), Fuel cell system with sensor, Ryan Patrick Hallum, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,455,182 (20020924), Shift converter having an improved catalyst composition, and method for its use, Ronald G. Silver, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,455,183 (20020924), Vacuum oxidant PEM fuel cell, Carl A. Reiser and Richard D. Sawyer, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,455,184 (20020924), Gas distributor for a fuel cell, Volker Peinecke, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,455,185 (20020924), Reformate control valve assembly for a fuel cell, Raual A. Bircann, Dwight A. Palmer, and Harry R. Mieney, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,456,041 (20020924), Power supply system for electric vehicle, Junji Terada and Satoshi Yamamoto, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kanushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,456,044 (20020924), Microcontroller with integral switch mode power supply controller, Hartono Darmawaskita, Microchip Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,456,186 (20020924), Multi-terminal fuse device, John Wendell Oglesbee, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,456,988 (20020924), Method for determining state-of-health using an intelligent system, Pritpal Singh, Craig Fennie Jr., and David E. Reisner, US Nanocorp Inc.