U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1285 (August 2004)

U.S. 6,769,281 (20040803), Method and apparatus of producing a columnar member container, Tohru Irie and Masashi Ota, Sango Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,106 (20040803), Partial oxidation reformer, Yasunori Okamoto, Nobuki Matsui, Shuji Ikegami, Kazuo Yonemoto, Eisaku Okubo, and Isao Ohgami, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,353 (20040803), Co-deposited films with nano-columnar structures and formation process, Peter Mardilovich, Alexander Govyadinov, David Neiman, Gregory S. Herman, David Champion, and James O’Neil, Hewlett–Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,770,390 (20040803), Carbon monoxide/water removal from fuel cell feed gas, Timothy Christopher Golden and Edward Landis Weist Jr., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,391 (20040803), Hydrogen sensor for fuel processors of a fuel cell, Patricia J. Nelson and Manish Sinha, General Motors Corp .

U.S. 6,770,393 (20040803), Proton conducting polymer, method for producing the same, solid polymer electrolyte and electrode, Hiroshi Akita, Masao Ichikawa, Masaru Iguchi, and Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,770,394 (20040803), Fuel cell with monolithic flow field-bipolar plate assembly and method for making and cooling a fuel cell stack, A. John Appleby and Serguey Gamburzev, The Texas A&M University System .

U.S. 6,770,395 (20040803), Internally manifolded, planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack with an inexpensive interconnect, Anil Vasudeo Virkar, David W. Prouse, Paul C. Smith, and Guang–Young Lin, Materials and Systems Research, Inc.

U.S. 6,770,396 (20040803), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuhito Hatoh, Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo Ohara, Susumu Kobayashi, Tatsuto Yamazaki, Masayo Sugou, Nobuhiro Hase, and Shinsuke Takeguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,770,773 (20040803), Organic acid–Fe–OOH (ferroxane) particles and ferroxane derived ceramics and ceramic membranes, Jerome Rose, Mark Wiesner, and Andrew Barron, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 6,771,041 (20040803), Cell voltage measuring device for fuel cell, Masahiko Sato, Hideaki Kikuchi, Toshiaki Ariyoshi, and Yosuke Fujii, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,772,501 (20040810), Apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of thin-film electrochemical devices, William G. Barker, Brian S. Berland, Michael Schwartz, Lin Simpson, and Joseph Armstrong, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,772,603 (20040810), Methods and apparatus for thermal management of vehicle systems and components, John Sheungchun Hsu, Donald Joe Adams, Gui–Jia Su, Laura D. Marlino, Curtis W. Ayers, and Chester Coomer, UT–Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 6,772,617 (20040810), Method and apparatus for in-situ leveling of progressively formed sheet metal, Jeffrey Peter Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S. 6,773,470 (20040810), Suspensions for use as fuel for electrochemical fuel cells, Gennadi Finkelshtain, Yuri Katzman, Nikolai Fishelson, and Zina Lurie, More Energy Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 6,773,472 (20040810), Gas reformer for recovery of hydrogen, Manabu Oku, Kouichi Kawatani, Takeshi Utsunomiya, and Tsutomu Seki, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. (JP) and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,684 (20040810), Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage, Roger R. Lesieur, Ned E. Cipollini, and Thomas F. Fuller, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,773,689 (20040810), Carbon media for storage of hydrogen, Steinar Lynum, Jan Hugdahl, Ketil Hox, and Ragne Hildrum, Kvaerner Technology Research Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,773,692 (20040810), Method of production of pure hydrogen near room temperature from aluminum-based hydride materials, Vitalij K. Pecharsky and Viktor P. Balema, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,758 (20040810), Primer composition and bonding method, Yoshimichi Yamanaka, Kaneka Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,825 (20040810), Porous articles and method for the manufacture thereof, Gary R. Pickrell, Kenneth R. Butcher, and Chi Li Lin, Porvair Corp.

U.S. 6,773,837 (20040810), Fuel cell system, Mitsuru Kai and Kouji Kurosaki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,773,839 (20040810), Fuel cell power systems and methods of controlling a fuel cell power system, William A. Fuglevand, Shiblihanna I. Bayyuk, Greg Lloyd, Peter D. Devries, David R. Lott, and John P. Scartozzi, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,773,840 (20040810), Configuration enabling rapid fuel cell power from subfreezing initial condition, Harold T. Couch and Frederick Sribnik, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,773,841 (20040810), Fuel cell having insulated coolant manifold, Pinkhas A. Rapaport and John P. Healy, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,773,843 (20040810), Portable fuel cell stack, Koji Kitagawa, Eiji Kato, Yukio Naruse, Takashi Inaba, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,773,844 (20040810), Proton conductive film and fuel cell using the same, Yoshihiko Nakano and Shuzi Hayase, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,773,845 (20040810), Fluid distribution surface for solid oxide fuel cells, Kevin R. Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,774,150 (20040810), Partially fluorinated copolymer based on trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound and ionic conductive polymer membrane formed therefrom, Hae–Kyoung Kim, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,774,637 (20040810), Method of qualifying at least a portion of a fuel cell system and an apparatus employing same, Ryan Hallum, Yaobang Wu, Chris Comi, Prathap Haridoss, and Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Plug Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,776,592 (20040817), Scroll type compressor, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Kazuho Sato, Tsutomu Nasuda, and Hisao Hamasaki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,776,809 (20040817), Fuel reforming apparatus, Takashi Shimazu, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,776,823 (20040817), Gas/liquid separating devices, Akihisa Hotta, Koichi Suda, and Kiyoshi Yoshizumi, Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,776,956 (20040817), Steel for separators of solid-oxide type fuel cells, Toshihiro Uehara, Akihiro Toji, and Takehiro Ohno, Hitachi Metals Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,115 (20040817), Battery-boosted, rapid startup of frozen fuel cell, Carl A. Reiser, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,777,116 (20040817), Direct dimethyl ether fuel cells, Jens Muller, Peter Urban, Regina Wezel, Kevin M Colbow, and Jiujun Zhang, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,777,117 (20040817), Catalysts for water gas shift reaction, method for removing carbon monoxide in hydrogen gas and electric power-generating system of fuel cell, Akira Igarashi, Hirokazu Higashi, Manabu Mizobuchi, Noboru Hashimoto, and Kensaku Kinugawa, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,118 (20040817), Power supply system, fuel pack constituting the system, and device driven by power generator and power supply system, Masaharu Shioya, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP).

U.S. 6,777,119 (20040817), Actively-cooled water recovery in fuel cell power plants, Michael S. Demissie, Leslie L. Van Dine, and Margaret M. Steinbugler, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,777,120 (20040817), Relative humidity sensor with compensation for changes in pressure and gas composition, Patricia J. Nelson, Jameson R. Forte, and Eric L. Thompson, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,777,121 (20040817), Fuel cell system and gas/liquid separation method for the same, Hiroshi Shimanuki and Toshikatsu Katagiri, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,122 (20040817), Vaporizer temperature control in fuel cell power plant, Masaru Okamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,123 (20040817), Combustor temperature control of fuel cell power plant, Masaru Okamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,124 (20040817), Back pressure control apparatus for fuel cell system, Mitsuru Kai and Tomoki Kobayashi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,777,125 (20040817), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovhsinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,777,126 (20040817), Fuel cell bipolar separator plate and current collector assembly and method of manufacture, Jeffrey P .Allen, GenCell Corp.

U.S. 6,777,127 (20040817), Systems, apparatus and methods for bonding and/or sealing electrochemical cell elements and assemblies, Johann Einhart, Stefan Reiff, Rudolf F Bindel, Hubert Ryssel, Christopher Todd Kirby, Francisco Enrique Rivera Diaz, and Michael Medina, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,777,133 (20040817), Proton conductor, production method thereof, and electrochemical device using the same, Koichiro Hinokuma, Bjorn Pietzak, Constance Gertrud Rost, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,777,353 (20040817), Process for producing oxide thin films, Matti Putkonen, ASM Microchemistry Oy (FI).

U.S. 6,777,515 (20040817), Functional fluorine-containing polymers and ionomers derived therefrom, Paul Gregory Bekiarian and William Brown Farnham, EI du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,777,727 (20040817), Flexural plate wave systems, Gregory J. Dunn, Allyson Beuhler, and David Penunuri, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,777,909 (20040817), Device for generating electric energy in a motor vehicle by means of a fuel cell and method for operating such a device, Markus Aberle and Josef Sonntag, Ballard Power System AG (DE).

U.S. 6,777,946 (20040817), Cell buffer with built-in test, William E. Ott, Honeywell International Inc.

U.S. 6,778,913 (20040817), Multiple model systems and methods for testing electrochemical systems, Joern Tinnemeyer, Cadex Electronics Inc.

U.S. 6,779,351 (20040824), Fuel cell systems with evaporative cooling and methods for humidifying and adjusting the temperature of the reactant streams, Valeriy Maisotsenko, Leland E. Gillan, Timothy L. Heaton, and Alan D. Gillan, Idalex Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,779,568 (20040824), Gas distribution system, Joachim George Borck, General Hydrogen Corp.

U.S. 6,780,066 (20040824), Arc discharge preventing device, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Tamai, and Takashi Gohara, Yazaki Corp (JP).

U.S. 6,780,227 (20040824), Method of species exchange and an apparatus therefore, Ronald Arthur DuBose, Craig Hanson, Peter J. Fehl, and Robert Matus, Emprise Technology Associates Corp.

U.S. 6,780,347 (20040824), Manganese oxide based electrode for alkaline electrochemical system and method of its production, Ernest Ndzebet, Rayovac Corp.

U.S. 6,780,350 (20040824), Metal–carbon composite powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden–Smith, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, and Quint H. Powell, Superior Micropowders LLC.

U.S. 6,780,386 (20040824), Carbon monoxide oxidation catalyst, and method for production of hydrogen-containing gas, Tetsuya Fukunaga, Kozo Takatsu, Masatoshi Shibata, Satoshi Hachiya, and Hiroyuki Endo, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,388 (20040824), Electrically conducting fine carbon composite powder, catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel battery and fuel battery, Tsutomu Masuko and Yoichi Nanba, Showa Denko KK (JP).

U.S. 6,780,533 (20040824), Fuel cell having interdigitated flow channels and water transport plates, Jung S. Yi and Jonathan Puhalski, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,780,534 (20040824), Filter assembly for intake air of fuel cell, Elvind Stenersen, William Michael Nyman, and Richard Thomas Canepa, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,780,535 (20040824), Polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition, Noriyuki Meguriya and Yujiro Taira, Shin–Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,780,536 (20040824), Flow field, Mark Kevitt Debe and Thomas Herdtle, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 6,780,537 (20040824), Polymeric membrane electrochemical cell operating at temperatures above 100C Vincenzo Antonucci and Antonino Arico, De Nora SpA (FR).

U.S. 6,780,935 (20040824), Fluoropolymer resins containing ionic or ionizable groups and products containing the same, Lotfi Hedhli and Laurent Billon, Atofina Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,781,389 (20040824), Conductivity sensor for detecting conductivity of a fluid, Alex David Colvin and Joseph C. Cassatta, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,782,914 (20040831), Gaseous fuel discharging structure for vehicle, Yozo Kami, Tohru Ono, and Yoshihiro Shimizu, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,783,338 (20040831), Scroll type compressor having tip seals and a scroll coating layer, Takahiro Moroi, Toshiro Fujii, Tatsuyuki Hoshino, Masato Sowa, and Takayuki Hirano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 6,783,632 (20040831), Process for efficient microwave hydrogen production, Chang Yul Cha.

U.S. 6,783,702 (20040831), Polyvinylidene fluoride composites and methods for preparing same, Chunming Niu, Lein Ngaw, Alan Fischer, and Robert Hoch, Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,741 (20040831), Fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 6,783,742 (20040831), Reactor for producing hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels, Jeffrey M. Bentley, William L Mitchell, Lawrence G. Clawson, and James C. Cross III, Nuvera Fuel Cells.

U.S. 6,783,750 (20040831), Hydrogen production method, Minish Mahendra Shah, Raymond Francis Drnevich, Christian Friedrich Gottzmann, and Bart Antonie van Hassel, Praxair Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,851 (20040831), Pitch based graphite fabrics and needled punched felts for fuel cell gas diffusion layer substrates and high thermal conductivity reinforced composites, James Crawford, Jean–Francois LeCostaouec, and Paul T Kennedy, Albany International Techniweave, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,877 (20040831), Fuel reforming apparatus, Takashi Shimazu, Satoshi Iguchi, Satoshi Aoyama, Koichi Numata, Kazuhisa Kunitake, Takeshi Nishikawa, Shuichi Kubo, and Satoshi Yamazaki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,783,878 (20040831), Solid polymer fuel cell system and method for humidifying and adjusting the temperature of a reactant stream, Henry H. Voss, Russell H. Barton, Brian W. Wells, Joel A. Ronne, and Harald Anton Nigsch, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,783,879 (20040831), Dynamic fuel processor mechanization and control, Glenn W. Skala, Gerald Voecks, and William H. Pettit, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,783,880 (20040831), Porous planar electrode support in a solid oxide fuel cell, Niels Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,783,881 (20040831), Filter assembly for intake air of fuel cell, Eivind Stenersen, William Michael Nyman, and Richard Thomas Canepa, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 6,783,882 (20040831), Method and apparatus for maintenance of fuel cell cathode air quality with breathable hydrophobic membrane air filter, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

U.S. 6,783,883 (20040831), Gas-proof assembly composed of a bipolar plate and a membrane-electrode unit of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Petra Koschany, Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,884 (20040831), Flow field plate assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell, Peter R Gibb, Neil V. Davis, and Emerson R Gallagher, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,783,885 (20040831), Low gravity electrochemical cell, Jason K. Shiepe and Trent M. Molter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,783,891 (20040831), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

U.S. 6,784,135 (20040831), Thermal regulating catalyst composition, Anton Scholten, Peter F. M. T. Van Nisselrooy, Walter R. De Jongh, and Jan Stokman, Power Plug, Inc. (DE).

U.S. 6,785,616 (20040831), Method of determining if deterioration in structural integrity of a pressure vessel, a pressure vessel, and a structural integrity testing apparatus therefor, Brian Lung and Joe Y. Wong, Saskatchewan Research Council (CA).