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U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS
Compiled by Eddie T. Seo
etseo@netway.net
Littleton, CO, USA
Official Gazette, Volume 1282 (May 2004)
U.S. 6,730,138 (20040504), Alkyl polyglycerol emulsion compositions
for fuel cell reformer start-up, Ramesh Varadaraj and Paul
Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
U.S. 6,730,271 (20040504), Fuel-cell system with autothermal
fuel-reforming apparatus incorporating input air regulation,
Toshiyuki Hirata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,284 (20040504), Method for producing carbonaceous
articles, Avetik R Harutyunyan and Leonid Grigorian, Honda
Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,350 (20040504), Class of electrocatalysts and a
gas diffusion electrode based thereon for fuel cells, Gennadi
Finkelshtain, Yuri Katzman, and Mikhail Khidekel, Medis El
Ltd. (IL).
U.S. 6,730,363 (20040504), Epoxy nitrile insulator and seal
for fuel cell assemblies, Kanu G. Shah, Frank W. Popielas,
and Dennis F. Person, Dana Corp.
U.S. 6,730,423 (20040504), Electrical contacting device for
an electrochemical fuel cell, Johann Einhart and Christian
Cremer, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,730,424 (20040504), Electrochemical method to improve
the performance of H./air PEM fuel cells and direct methanol
fuel cells, Chunzhi He, Zhigang Qi, and Arthur Kaufman, H
Power Corp.
U.S. 6,730,425 (20040504), Fuel cell system having cool apparatus,
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,426 (20040504), Integral sealing method for fuel
cell separator plates, James R. Wangerow, Mosaic Energy, LLC.
U.S. 6,730,427 (20040504), Electrode for fuel cell and method
of manufacturing the same, Shuji Hitomi, Japan Storage Battery
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,538 (20040504), Fabricating electronic devices
using actinide oxide semiconductor materials, Thomas T. Meek
and Michael Z. Hu, The University of Tennessee Research Corp.
U.S. 6,730,575 (20040504), Methods of forming perovskite-type
material and capacitor dielectric having perovskite-type crystalline
structure, Jerome M Eldridge, Micron Technology, Inc.
U.S. 6,732,796 (20040511), In situ production of synthesis
gas from a hydrocarbon containing formation, the synthesis
gas having a selected H. to CO ratio, Harold J. Vinegar, Scott
Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, Ilya Emil Berchenko,
and Robert Martijn Van Hardeveld, Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,733,249 (20040511), Multi-stage internal gear fuel
pump, Eugen Maier and Michael Raymond Raney, Delphi Technologies,
Inc.
U.S. 6,733,552 (20040511), Hydrogen generating apparatus,
Kiyoshi Taguchi, Takeshi Tomizawa, Kunihiro Ukai, Toshiyuki
Shono, and Kouichiro Kitagawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,563 (20040511), Methods for manufacturing hydrogen
storage tanks, Katsuyoshi Fujita, Hideki Morino, Hidehito
Kubo, Keiji Toh, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Shinichi Towata, Kazuhiko
Itoh, and Makoto Ishikura, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
(JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,741 (20040511), Method and apparatus for activating
a hydrogen-absorbing alloy, Kenji Nakamura, Toyota Jidosha
Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,828 (20040511), Method of fabricating nanostructured
materials to CO2 hydrate and natural gas, Kuei–Jung Chao
(TW) and Chia–Min Yang (TW).
U.S. 6,733,841 (20040511), Hydrophilic treatment of a carbon
fiber construction, Joseph William Frisk and Wayne Meredith
Boand,.
U.S. 6,733,909 (20040511), Fuel cell power plant with electrochemical
enhanced carbon monoxide removal, Yi Ding and Joseph Carl
Burba, Ford Motor Co.
U.S. 6,733,910 (20040511), Fuel cell coolant tank system,
James H. Kralick, Power Plug Inc. (DE).
U.S. 6,733,911 (20040511), Fuel cell, Tatsuya Kawahara, Toyota
Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,912 (20040511), Fixture pallet apparatus for automated
assembly of fuel cell material layers, John Russell Mlinar,
3M Innovative Properties Co.
U.S. 6,733,913 (20040511), Fuel cell system for low pressure
operation, Alan J Cisar, Dacong Weng, and Oliver J. Murphy,
Lynntech, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,914 (20040511), Fuel cell membranes, Walther Gustav
Grot and Stephen Andreas Grot, Ion Power, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,915 (20040511), Gas diffusion backing for fuel
cells, Kelly Barton and Shoibal Banerjee, E I du Pont de Nemours
and Co.
U.S. 6,733,916 (20040511), Method of manufacturing fuel cells
and fuel cells manufactured by the method, Seiji Mizuno, Toyota
Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,734,132 (20040511), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell,
electrode for it and method for producing it, Masaru Yoshitake,
Naoki Yoshida, Toyoaki Ishizaki, and Shinji Terazono, Asahi
Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,734,975 (20040511), Hydrogen contamination monitoring
and sensor evaluation system, John P. Eblen Jr., Jeffrey H.
Hunt, and Albert D. Tomassian, The Boeing Co.
U.S. 6,735,953 (20040518), Turbomachine-driven environmental
control system, David Wolfe, Nguyen Q. Minh, Kurt Meister,
and Dan S. Matulich, Allied Signal Inc.
U.S. 6,735,960 (20040518), Composition and method for hydrogen
storage, Wendy L. Mao and Ho–Kwang Mao, Carnegie Institution
of Washington.
U.S. 6,736,017 (20040518), High throughput mechanical rapid
serial property testing of materials libraries, Paul Mansky,
Symyx Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,736,201 (20040518), Heat exchanger and/or fluid mixing
means, Brian Keith Watton, Keith Thomas Symonds, and Steven
Paul Symonds, Chart Heat Exchangers Ltd. (GB).
U.S. 6,736,229 (20040518), Energy storage system for a vehicle,
Richard Thomas Amori, Josephine S. Lee, Frank Louis Stellon,
and Harold Diuguid Wiard, Ford Motor Co.
U.S. 6,736,484 (20040518), Liquid drop discharge method and
discharge device; electro optical device, method of manufacture
thereof, and device for manufacture thereof; color filter
method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacturing
thereof; and device incorporating backing, method of manufacturing
thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi Nakamura,
Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,736,867 (20040518), Ethoxylated alkyl amine emulsion
compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up, Ramesh Varadaraj
and Paul Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobile Research and Engineering
Co.
U.S. 6,736,984 (20040518), Non-mechanical fabrication of carbon-containing
work pieces, Ilan Golecki, Honeywell International Inc.
U.S. 6,737,104 (20040518), Manufacturing method of anti-corrosive
multi-layered structure material, Yukihiro Suzuki, Keiji Hashimoto,
and Yoshinari Minamihama, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,737,113 (20040518), Method for improving the uniformity
of a wet coating on a substrate using pick-and-place devices,
William K. Leonard, David W. Leonard, and Albert E. Seaver,
3M Innovative Properties Co.
U.S. 6,737,181 (20040518), Methods and apparatuses for a self-regulating
gas displacement pump for a fuel cell system, Gerhard Beckmann
and Eric J. Brown, MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,182 (20040518), Heated interconnect, Kevin R. Keegan,
Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,183 (20040518), Humidification device for polymeric
membrane fuel cells, Gabriele Mazzucchelli, Massimo Brambilla,
Gian Piero Fleba, and Antonio Maggiore, Nuvera Fuel Cells
Europe Srl (IT).
U.S. 6,737,184 (20040518), Chemical hydride hydrogen generation
system and an energy system incorporating the same, Ali Rusta–Sellehy
and David Frank, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).
U.S. 6,737,186 (20040518), Current collector for SOFC fuel
cells, Martin Janousek, Wolfgang Glatz, and Kaspar Honegger,
Plansee Aktiengesellschaft (AT).
U.S. 6,737,194 (20040518), Non-pyrophoric hydrogen storage
alloy, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, and Baoquan Huang,
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,480 (20040518), Low-contaminative hose and rubber
composition for use in making the same, Hidehito Ikeda, Ayumu
Ikemoto, and Yoshio Okado, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,739,385 (20040525), Plate-type heat exchanger, Martin
Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, and Conrad Pfender, Behr GmbH &
Co. (DE).
U.S. 6,739,394 (20040525), Production of synthesis gas from
a hydrocarbon containing formation, Harold J. Vinegar, Scott
Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, John Michael Karanikas,
Ilya Emil Berchenko, George Leo Stegemeier, Kevin Albert Maher,
Thomas David Fowler, Robert Charles Ryan, Lanny Gene Schoeling,
and Robert Martijn Van Hardeveld, Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,739,522 (20040525), Injection system for dosed injections
of two liquids into a reaction chamber, Hermann Josef Laumen,
FEV Motorentechnik GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,739,578 (20040525), Coupling mechanism and valve system
for a pressurized fluid container, Russell H. Barton and Kenneth
W Strang, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,740,131 (20040525), Apparatus for automatically fabricating
fuel cell, Gary William Schukar, John Russell Mlinar, Mark
Hyland Smith, and Steven Mark Spicer, 3M Innovative Properties
Co.
U.S. 6,740,220 (20040525), Electrocatalytic cathode device
of palladium and iridium on a high density or porous carbon
support and a method for making such a cathode, Maria G. Medeiros,
Eric G. Dow, Russell R. Bessette, and James M. Cichon, The
United States of America.
U.S. 6,740,224 (20040525), Method of manufacturing carbon
nanotubes, Jeanette M. Benavides, Henning W. Leidecker, and
Jeffrey Frazier, The United States of America.
U.S. 6,740,303 (20040525), Gas generating system for a fuel
cell system and method of operating a gas generating system,
Stefan Boneberg, Martin Schaefer, Martin Schuessler, Erik
Theis, and Ralf Heuser, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).
U.S. 6,740,432 (20040525), Fuel cell system and method for
regulating liquid fuel for the same, Hiroshi Shimanuki and
Toshikatsu Katagiri, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,740,433 (20040525), Method and apparatus for monitoring
a hydrogen containing gas stream, Ralf Senner, General Motors
Corp.
U.S. 6,740,434 (20040525), Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus,
Subbarao Surampudi, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, Eugene Vamos,
Harvey A. Frank, Gerald Halpert, George A. Olah, and G. K.
Surya Prakash, California Institute of Technology.
U.S. 6,740,435 (20040525), System and method for preparing
fuel for fuel processing system, Leslie L. Van Dine, Bryan
Murach, Paul R Margiott, and Joshua D Isom, UTC Fuel Cells,
LLC.
U.S. 6,740,436 (20040525), Hydrogen/oxygen generating system
with temperature control, Nai Sung Chou, Choi Shiu Sum, Chou
Te–Hung, and Hui Lin, Natural Energy Resources.
U.S. 6,740,437 (20040525), Method and apparatus for controlling
a combined heat and power fuel cell system, Arne W. Ballantine,
Ryan Hallum, John W. Parks, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power
Inc.
U.S. 6,740,438 (20040525), Cooling system for fuel cells,
Frank Thom, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,740,440 (20040525), Inexpensive dielectric coolant
for fuel cell stacks, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Youssef Morcos
Mikhail, Richard H. Blunk, and Daniel John Lisi, General Motors
Corp.
U.S. 6,740,441 (20040525), Metal current collect protected
by oxide film, Craig P. Jacobson, Steven J. Visco, and Lutgard
C. DeJonghe, The Regents of the University of California.
U.S. 6,740,442 (20040525), Unit cell of flat solid oxide fuel
cell and fuel cell stack comprising the same, Hibiki Itoh,
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (JP).
U.S. 6,740,443 (20040525), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell,
Tatsuto Yamazaki, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo
Ohara, Nobuhiro Hase, and Shinsuke Takeguchi, Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,740,444 (20040525), PEM fuel cell with alternating
ribbed anodes and cathodes, Marzio Leban, Hewlett–Packard
Development Co., LP.
U.S. 6,740,445 (20040525), Coated fuel cell electrodes, Stephen
Andreas Grot, Ion Power, Inc. (DE)
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