U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1296 (July 2005)

U.S. 6,913,676 (20050705), Device for supplying at least two liquid media to consumers of a fuel cell system, Michael Nau, Manfred Ruoff, Marc Bareis, Frank Ilgner, and Horst Harndorf, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,913,677 (20050705), Hydrogen sensor, Shoji Kitanoya, Norihiko Nadanami, Tomonori Kondo, Masaya Watanabe, and Noboru Ishida, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,738 (20050705), System for removing carbon monoxide and method for removing carbon monoxide, Mitsuaki Echigo, Minoru Suzuki, and Osamu Okada, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,739 (20050705), Platinum group metal promoted copper oxidation catalysts and methods for carbon monoxide remediation, Lawrence Shore, Wolfgang F. Ruettinger, and Robert J. Farrauto, Engelhard Corp.

U.S. 6,913,825 (20050705), Process for making mesoporous silicate nanoparticle coatings and hollow mesoporous silica nano-shells, Agnes E. Ostafin, Robert Nooney, and Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame du Lac.

U.S. 6,913,844 (20050705), Method for humidifying reactant gases for use in a fuel cell, Kenneth R. Butcher and Donald E. Floyd II, Porvair Corp.

U.S. 6,913,845 (20050705), Reducing fuel cell cathode potential during startup and shutdown, Timothy A. Bekkedahl, Lawrence J. Bregoli, Richard D. Breault, Emily A. Dykeman, Jeremy P. Meyers, Timothy W. Patterson, Tommy Skiba, Chris Vargas, Deliang Yang, and Jung S. Yi, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,913,846 (20050705), Integrated fuel cell system, Jeffrey E. Ingraham and Richard H. Cutright, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,913,847 (20050705), Fuel cell system having a hydrogen sensor, Brian Wells and Kenneth W. Strang, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,913,848 (20050705), Fuel cell reactant control, Michael M. Walsh, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,913,849 (20050705), Method of screening compositions for electrocatalytic activity in a gas diffusion electrode, Thomas E. Mallouk, Eugene S. Smotkin, Benny C. Chan, Guoying Chen, and Renxuan Liu, UOP LLC.

U.S. 6,913,850 (20050705), Thin film modular electrochemical product and method of manufacture thereof, Scott R. Sehlin and Vincent L. Sprenkle, Litton Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,913,854 (20050705), Method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces, Randall Alberte, Harold J. Bright, Clare Reimers, and Leonard M. Tender, Rutgers, The State University of NJ and The United States of America.

U.S. 6,913,998 (20050705), Vapor-deposited porous films for energy conversion, Alan F. Jankowski, Jeffrey P. Hayes, and Jeffrey D. Morse, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,914,084 (20050705), Membranes containing sulfonated polyetherketone and another polymer, method for the production and use thereof, Thomas Soczka-Guth, Christoph Padberg, and Georg Frank, Celanese Ventures GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,914,111 (20050705), Ion exchange polymer dispersion and process for its production, Atsushi Mukoyama and Azusa Ishisaki, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,915,869 (20050712), Power generation system and method, Jean Joseph Botti, Malcolm James Grieve, and Carl Elmer Miller, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,443 (20050712), High differential pressure electrochemical cell, Thomas Skoczylas, Matthew Christopher, Jason K. Shiepe, Mark E. Dristy, and Trent M. Molter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,458 (20050712), Process for producing hydrogen-containing gas, Yasuhiro Kushida, Masayuki Katagiri, Hutoshi Ikoma, Shigeyuki Hirose, Yasushi Hiramatsu, and Mikio Yoneoka, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc (JP).

U.S. 6,916,562 (20050712), Hydrocarbon hydroconversion process for the production of hydrogen, hydroprocessed hydrocarbons and electricity, Johan Willem Gosselink, Michiel Jan Groeneveld, Andreas Karl Nowak, and Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 6,916,563 (20050712), Discharged fuel diluter and discharged fuel dilution-type fuel cell system, Akio Yamamoto, Satoshi Aoyagi, Masami Ogura, Yoshikazu Murakami, Kazunori Fukuma, and Takatsugu Koyama, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,916,564 (20050712), High-efficiency fuel cell power system with power generating expander, Lawrence G. Clawson, Christopher J. O’Brien, and Mark R. Hagan, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,565 (20050712), Power supply system, fuel pack constituting the system, and device driven by power generator and power supply system, Masaharu Shioya, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,566 (20050712), System and method for rapid preheating of an automotive fuel cell, George Steve Saloka and James A. Adams, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 6,916,567 (20050712), Regenerative dryer device and method for water recovery, primarily in the cathode side, of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Joe Cargnelli, Jianming Ye, Xuesong Chen, Ravi B. Gopal, and David Frank, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 6,916,568 (20050712), Fuel cell module with heat exchange and electricity exchange functions, Jin-Chin Guan and Ming-Tarng Yeh, Hsu-Yang Technologies Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,916,569 (20050712), Fuel cell comprising a solid electrolyte layer, Emad Batawi and Kaspar Honegger, Sulzer Hexis AG (CH).

U.S. 6,916,570 (20050712), Oxygen ion conducting materials, John Vaughey, Michael Krumpelt, Xiaoping Wang, and J. David Carter, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 6,916,571 (20050712), PEM fuel cell passive water management, Albert P Grasso, Glenn W. Scheffler, Leslie L. Van Dine, Brian F. Dufner, and Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,916,572 (20050712), Interlocking isolator for fuel cells, Jorgen Schjerning Lundsgaard and Henning Frederiksen, IRD Fuel Cells A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,916,573 (20050712), PEM fuel cell stack without gas diffusion media, Thomas A. Trabold and Michael R. Schoeneweiss, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,916,574 (20050712), Method for forming a fuel cell electrode using a resole binder, Phillip A. Waitkus, Bohumir B. Lepeska, Theodore N Morrison, and Paschal A Sciarra, Plastics Engineering Co.

U.S. 6,916,575 (20050712), Polymer electrolyte type fuel cell, Yoshihiro Hori, Masato Hosaka, Junji Nikura, Kazuhito Hatoh, Teruhisa Kanbara, Takeshi Yonamine, and Hiroaki Matsuoka, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,764 (20050712), Pt-Ru-M1-M2 quaternary metal catalyst based on Pt-Ru for direct methanol fuel cell, Kyoung Hwan Choi, Seol-ah Lee, Yung-eun Sung, Kyung-won Park, and Jong-ho Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,916,853 (20050712), Compositions containing particles of highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer, Dennis Edward Curtin and Edward George Howard Jr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,916,872 (20050712), Non-spherical nanopowder derived nanocomposites, Tapesh Yadav and Clayton Kostelecky, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 6,917,181 (20050712), Power supply unit, distributed power supply system and electric vehicle loaded therewith, Akihiko Emori, Takuya Kinoshita, and Hideki Miyazaki, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,918,430 (20050719), Onboard hydrogen storage unit with heat transfer system for use in a hydrogen powered vehicle, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Rosa Young, Yang Li, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 6,919,055 (20050719), Hydrogen supply device, Yasuo Kondo, Tadayoshi Terao, and Kiyoshi Kawaguchi, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,062 (20050719), Permreactor and separator type fuel processors for production of hydrogen and hydrogen, carbon oxides mixtures, Savvas Vasileiadis and Zoe Ziaka, Savvas P. Vasileiadis and PhD Chemical Engineering.

U.S. 6,919,066 (20050719), Preparation of catalysts having low volume shrinkage, Markus Holzle, Michael Jolyon Sprague, Klaus Harth, and Wolfgang Jurgen Popel, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,919,508 (20050719), Build-up structures with multi-angle vias for chip to chip interconnects and optical bussing, Robert Forcier, FlipChip International.

U.S. 6,920,898 (20050726), High-pressure valve, Rolf Lappan, Martin Nowak, Michael Benra, and Dirk Hunkel, Pierburg GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,920,920 (20050726), Heat exchanger, William A Whittenberger, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 6,920,948 (20050726), DC power supply using fuel cell, Hiroshi Sugiura, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Nobuo Watanabe, and Kouta Manabe, Toyoda Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,921,148 (20050726), Liquid drop discharge head, 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 manufacture thereof; and device incorporating backing, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yamada, and Tsuyoshi Kitahara, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,459 (20050726), Process for making a sheet of aramid fibers using a foamed medium, Homan B. Kinsley Jr. and Christopher B. Peart, FiberMark, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,516 (20050726), Reactor system including auto ignition and carbon suppression foam, Steven G. Goebel, Gerald E. Voecks, and Robert N. Carter, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,921,557 (20050726), Process for making dense thin films, Craig P. Jacobson, Steven J. Visco, and Lutgard C. DeJonghe, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,921,593 (20050726), Fuel additives for fuel cell, Alfred I-Tsung Pan and Eric G. Hanson, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,921,594 (20050726), Exhaust treatment and filtration system for molten carbonate fuel cells, Yinyan Huang, Scott Mackenzie, and Amiram Bar-Ilan, Sud- Chemie Inc.

U.S. 6,921,595 (20050726), Joint-cycle high-efficiency fuel cell system with power generating turbine, Lawrence G. Clawson and Mark R. Hagan, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,596 (20050726), Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an integrated reformer and waste energy recovery system, Sean M. Kelly, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Michael T. Faville, and David R. Schumann, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,597 (20050726), Electrical current generation system, Bowie G. Keefer, Christopher R. McLean, and Michael J. Brown, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,921,598 (20050726), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same, Masao Yamamoto, Junji Niikura, Nobuhiro Hase, Kazuhito Hatoh, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hideo Ohara, Teruhisa Kanbara, and Masayo Sugou, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,599 (20050726), Sealing assembly for an MEA and method for manufacturing the sealing assembly, Hubertus Biegert and Gabor Toth, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 6,921,600 (20050726), Separator for fuel cell and method of manufacture therefor, Atsushi Miyazawa and Toshihiro Takekawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,601 (20050726), Fuel cell stack humidification method incorporating an accumulation device, Ralf Senner and Rittmar Von Helmolt, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,921,602 (20050726), Fuel cell unit, Armin Diez and Michael Lang, Elringklinger AG (DE) and Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und RaumfahrteV (DE).

U.S. 6,921,603 (20050726), Microfluidic fuel cell systems with embedded materials and structures and method thereof, Jeffrey D. Morse, Klint A. Rose, Mariam Maghribi, William Benett, Peter Krulevitch, Julie Hamilton, Robert T. Graff, and Alan Jankowski, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,921,604 (20050726), Device and method for evaluating performance of fuel cells, device and method for evaluating specific surface area of fuel-cell electrode catalysts, fuel-cell electrode catalyst, and method of manufacturing the same, Hisao Kato, Tatsuya Kawahara, and Toshiaki Ozaki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,921,605 (20050726), Platinum-ruthenium-nickel fuel cell electrocatalyst, Alexander Gorer, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,606 (20050726), Composite films for electrochemical devices, Robert L. Sassa, David Zuckerbrod, Wolfgang Buerger, and John E. Bacino, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.