U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

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

Official Gazette, Volume 1274 (September 2003)

U.S. 6,612,385 (20030902), Method for starting a fuel cell system and fuel cell system, Walter Stuhler and Alfred Weiss, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,612,815 (20030902), Electrically powered coolant pump, Franz Pawellek, Frank Blaurock, and Peter Amm, GPM Gerate–und Pumpenbau GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,612,830 (20030902), Anode gas burner for inert gas generation, method and apparatus, Jonathan D. Berry and Theodore R. Strickland, Precision Combustion, Inc.

U.S. 6,613,106 (20030902), Membrane electrode assemblies, Mark K. Debe, James M. Larson, William V. Balsimo, Andrew J. Steinbach, and Raymond J. Ziegler, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,613,203 (20030902), Ion conducting membrane having high hardness and dimensional stability, Alex R. Hobson and Stephen J. MacKenzie, Gore Enterprise Holdings.

U.S. 6,613,215 (20030902), Method for electrolysis of water using a polytetrafluoroethylene supported membrane in electrolysis cells, Trent M. Molter and Jason K. Shiepe, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,613,218 (20030902), Methods for estimating adsorption isotherms in electrochemical systems, Jang–Ho Chun, Mission Telecom, Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,613,251 (20030902), Method of forming a ceramic article including silicon carbide, Frank J. Savel III, TRW Inc.

U.S. 6,613,252 (20030902), Molding of materials from graphite particles, Julian Norley, Michael Lee Warddrip, Daniel Witold Krassowski, and Robert Angelo Mercuri, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,613,464 (20030902), Method and apparatus for reducing reactant crossover in a liquid feed electrochemical fuel cell, David P. Wilkinson, Mark C .Johnson, Kevin M. Colbow, and Stephen A. Campbell, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,613,465 (20030902), Control device for a fuel reforming apparatus, Masaaki Yamaoka, Masashi Yamashita, Iwao Maeda, and Kiyomi Nagamiya, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,613,466 (20030902), Fuel cell system and method for operating the process, Martin Schuessler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,613,467 (20030902), Polymer electrolyte fuel cells system, Hiroshi Chizawa, Yasuji Ogami, Kazuo Saito, and Mitsushi Ueno, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,613,468 (20030902), Gas diffusion mat for fuel cells, Haskell Simpkins, William J. LaBarge, Carl Miller, and Blaine R. Danley, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,613,469 (20030902), Fluid distribution surface for solid oxide fuel cells, Kevin Richard Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,613,470 (20030902), Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack, Narutoshi Sugita, Noriaki Osao, and Takeshi Ushio, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,613,471 (20030902), Active material for fuel cell anodes incorporating an additive for precharging/activation thereof, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Thomas Hopper, Kevin Fok, and Subhash Dhar, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,614,647 (20030902), Low impedance electrochemical cell, Hundi P. Kamath, Cooper Technologies Co.

U.S. 6,615,603 (20030909), Cooling system of heat emitters, Masaaki Tanaka, Shigeo Numazawa, Katsuya Ishii, Hideaki Sato, Shin Honda, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Junichiro Kanamori, and Tadayoshi Terao, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,616,415 (20030909), Fuel gas compression system, Troy W. Renken and Phil Langhorst, Copeland Corp.

U.S. 6,616,424 (20030909), Drive system and method for the operation of a fuel cell system, Stephen Raiser, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,616,435 (20030909), Apparatus of polymer web by electrospinning process, Wha Seop Lee, Seong Mu Jo, Seok Gu Go, and Suk Won Chun, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,616,802 (20030909), Process and apparatus for making a sheet of refractory fibers using a foamed medium, Homan B. Kinsley J.r and Christopher B. Peart, FiberMark, Inc.

U.S. 6,616,826 (20030909), Electrolysis apparatus and methods using urania in electrodes, and methods of producing reduced substances from oxidized substances, Kenneth H. Sandhage and Robert L .Snyder, The Ohio State University.

U.S. 6,616,842 (20030909), Sheet of filtration, separation or reaction elements, and a module comprising such a sheet, Raymond Soria and Phillippe Chanaud, Exekia (FR).

U.S. 6,616,891 (20030909), High capacity transition metal based hydrogen storage materials for the reversible storage of hydrogen, Krishna Sapru, Zhaosheng Tan, Mohamed Bazzi, Subramanian Ramachandran, and Stanford R Ovshinsky, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,616,909 (20030909), Method and apparatus for obtaining enhanced production rate of thermal chemical reactions, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Yong Wang, Robert S. Wegeng, and Yufei Gao, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 6,617,064 (20030909), Stabilized aluminum hydride polymorphs, Mark A. Petrie, Jeffrey C. Bottaro, Robert J. Schmitt, Paul E. Penwell, and David C. Bomberger, SRI International.

U.S. 6,617,065 (20030909), Method and apparatus for maintaining neutral water balance in a fuel cell system, Bhaskar Balasubramanian, Frano Barbir, and Jay K. Neutzler, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,617,066 (20030909), Fuel cell power generation system, Tatsuya Sugawara, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,617,067 (20030909), Fuel evaporator, Takahiro Tachihara, Naoyuki Abe, Yuuji Asano, Kiyoshi Kasahara, Shiyuuichi Togasawa, Masahito Nakamura, and Kouji Miyano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,617,068 (20030909), Bi-zone water transport plate for a fuel cell, Brian F. Dufner, Michael L. Perry, John C. Trocciola, Deliang Yang, and Jung S. Yi, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,617,072 (20030909), Positive active electrode composition with graphite additive, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Binay Prasad, Kenneth Laming, and Boyko Aladjov, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,617,283 (20030909), Method of depositing an electrically conductive oxide buffer layer on a textured substrate and articles formed therefrom, M. Parans Paranthaman, Tolga Aytug, and David K. Christen, UT–Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 6,619,329 (20030916), Hose, Ayumu Ikemoto, Hidehito Ikeda, Kazutaka Katayama, Motoshige Hibino, and Yoshio Okado, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,619,333 (20030916), Apparatus and method for using the existing hydrocarbon distribution, storage and dispensing infrastructures for the production, distribution and dispensing of hydrogen, Richard Allan Swanson.

U.S. 6,619,342 (20030916), Wheel stop service port, John David Trevor Graham, David Michael Routtenberg, William Edward Mufford, Darren Scott Sokoloski, and Alan John Mulvenna, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,620,320 (20030916), Ion-conducting composite which is permeable to matter, method for producing said composite, and use of the same, Christian Hying, Gerhard Horpel, and Bernd Penth, CREAVIS Gesellschaft fuer Technologie und Innovation mbH (DE).

U.S. 6,620,389 (20030916), Fuel gas reformer assemblage, Roger R. Lesieur, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,620,506 (20030916), Fluid permeable flexible graphite article with enhanced electrical and thermal conductivity, Robert Angelo Mercuri, Thomas William Weber, and Michael Lee Warddrip, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,620,535 (20030916), Strategies for preventing anode oxidation, Subhasish Mukerjee, M. James Grieve, and Kevin Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,620,536 (20030916), Fuel cell system, Barbara Strobel, Marco Lippert, Alexandra Hassert, and Martin Schuessler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,620,537 (20030916), Hydrocarbon fueled hydrogen fuel generator system and apparatus in combination with hydrogen fuel cells, Ralph C .Struthers and Georges A. Maxwell.

U.S. 6,620,538 (20030916), Method and apparatus for monitoring equivalent series resistance and for shunting a fuel cell, Lijun Bai, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Avista Laboratories, Inc.

U.S. 6,620,539 (20030916), Fuel cell cathodes and their fuel cells, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Boyko Aladjov, Srinivasan Venkatesan, and Subhash Dhar, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,620,540 (20030916), Fuel cell stack, Narutoshi Sugita and Yoshinori Wariishi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,620,541 (20030916), High-temperature fuel cell, Robert Fleck and Wolfram Kaiser, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,620,542 (20030916), Flex based fuel cell, Alfred I–Tsung Pan, Hewlett–Packard Development Co, LP.

U.S. 6,620,546 (20030916), Materials for use as electrolytic solutes, Christophe Michot, Michel Armand, Yves Choquette, and Michel Gauthier, ACEP Inc (CA), Universite de Montreal (CA), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR).

U.S. 6,621,247 (20030916), Electronic monitoring device for a multipart electrical energy storage unit, Marcus Bulling, Hans–Georg Hornung, and Markus Walter, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 6,623,315 (20030923), Cable terminal and cable assembly, William Roderick, Gator Loc, LLC.

U.S. 6,623,562 (20030923), Apparatus for fabricating pasted electrodes, Edward F. Wood, Eric Willison, and Jeffrey Key, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,623,639 (20030923), Solvent-resistant microporous polybenzimidazole membranes, Robert P. Barss, Dwayne T. Friesen, Scott B. McCray, Kendall R. Pearson, Roderick J. Ray, Delores R. Sidwell, and James B. West, Bend Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,623,687 (20030923), Process of making a three-dimensional object, Vito R. Gervasi and Robert S. Crockett, Milwaukee School of Engineering.

U.S. 6,623,720 (20030923), Transition metal carbides, nitrides and borides, and their oxygen containing analogs useful as water gas shift catalysts, Levi T. Thompson, Jeremy Patt, Dong Ju Moon, and Cory Phillips, The Regents of the University of Michigan.

U.S. 6,623,880 (20030923), Fuel cell–fuel cell hybrid system, Rodney A. Geisbrecht and Mark C. Williams, The United States of America.

U.S. 6,623,881 (20030923), High performance solid electrolyte fuel cells, Michael E. Badding, Jacqueline L. Brown, Thomas D. Ketcham, Dell J. St. Julien, and Raja R. Wusirika, Corning Inc.

U.S. 6,623,882 (20030923), Bipolar plate for a fuel cell, Jefferson Y. S. Yang, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,624,251 (20030923), Highly chemically resistant thermoplastic vulcanizates based on fluorocarbon polymers and seal-gasket products made with same, Craig A. Chmielewski, Freudenberg–NOK General Partnership.

U.S. 6,624,616 (20030923), Portable battery recharge station, Melvin D. Frerking, John Keith Parker, and Alonzo L. Watts, BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp.

U.S. 6,626,323 (20030930), Vane heat transfer structure, Ned T. Stetson, Michael Marchio, Arthur Holland, Daniel Alper, David Gorman, and Jun Yang, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,626,981 (20030930), Microporous carbons for gas storage, Marek A. Wojtowicz, Michael A. Serio, and Eric M. Suuberg, Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,627,035 (20030930), Gas diffusion electrode manufacture and MEA fabrication, Qinbai Fan and Siem Le, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 6,627,148 (20030930), Safe, ecomomical transport of hydrogen in pelletized form, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, Ned T. Stetson, and Vitaliy Myasnikov, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,627,338 (20030930), Integrated fuel cell and pressure swing adsorption system, Jean St–Pierre, David P. Wilkinson, and David S. Wainwright, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,627,339 (20030930), Fuel cell stack integrated with a waste energy recovery system, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,627,340 (20030930), Fuel cell hydrogen supply systems using secondary fuel to release stored hydrogen, Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Rosa T. Young, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,627,341 (20030930), Device for compensating for fluctuations in fuel concentration in fuel cell systems, Christian Klein and Martin Schussler, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,627,342 (20030930), Evaporator liquid fuel injection apparatus and fuel cell system, Masahito Nakamura, Takahiro Tachihara, and Kouji Miyano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,627,689 (20030930), Electroconductive curable resin composition, cured product thereof and formed product using the composition, Tadashi Iino and Mitsuhiro Imaizumi, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 6,628,006 (20030930), System and method for recovering potential energy of a hydrogen gas fuel supply for use in a vehicle, Keith Andrew Oglesby, Kurt David Osborne, and Woong–chul Yang, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 6,628,120 (20030930), Voltage measuring circuit and voltage supply circuit of an integrated fuel cell system, Steffen Paul, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).