U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1300 (November 2005)

U.S. 6,959,730 (20051101), Single valve fuel cell stack gas flow and containment, Paul R .Margiott, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,960,235 (20051101), Chemical microreactor and method thereof, Jeffrey D. Morse and Alan Jankowski, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,960,389 (20051101), Rigid porous carbon structures, methods of making, methods of using and products containing same, Amit Singhal and Ganesh Skandan, Nanopowder Enterprises Inc.

U.S. 6,960,401 (20051101), Fuel cell purging method and apparatus, Russell Howard Barton, Tan Duc Uong, Charles Joseph Schembri, and George Alexander Skinner, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,960,402 (20051101), Perforated cylindrical fuel cells, Mehmet Suha Yazici, Robert Angelo Mercuri, and Robert Anderson Reynolds III, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 6,960,403 (20051101), Bonded polyimide fuel cell package and method thereof, Jeffrey D. Morse, Alan Jankowski, Robert T. Graff, and Kerry Bettencourt, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,960,404 (20051101), Evaporative cooled fuel cell, Steven G. Goebel, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,960,406 (20051101), Electrode utilizing fluorinated carbon, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Hong Wang, Boyko Aladjov, and Subhash Dhar, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 6,960,407 (20051101), Fuel cell, Soichi Shibata, Hiroki Kusakabe, Kazuhito Hatoh, Nobuhiro Hase, Shinsuke Takeguchi, Hideo Ohara, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Katsuzou Kokawa, and Takayuki Urata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,962,230 (20051108), Gas exhaust structure of fuel-cell-powered vehicle, Ryukou Hanaya and Tohru Ono, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,962,613 (20051108), Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices, Mark L. Jenson, Cymbet Corporation.

U.S. 6,962,650 (20051108), Fuel for use in a fuel cell system, Kenichirou Saitou, Iwao Anzai, Osamu Sadakane, and Michiro Matsubara, Nippon Oil Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,962,745 (20051108), Porous composite product particularly with high specific surface area, method for preparing and electrode for electrochemical assembly formed with a porous composite film, Jean–Francois Penneau, Francois Capitaine, and Philippe Le Goff, Bollore (FR).

U.S. 6,962,760 (20051108), Methods of conditioning direct methanol fuel cells, Cynthia Rice, Xiaoming Ren, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,962,959 (20051108), Composite electrolyte with crosslinking agents, Matthew Robert Kurano, Gangadhar Panambur, Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, and Karl Milton Taft III, Hoku Scientific, Inc.

U.S. 6,964,692 (20051115), Carbon monoxide adsorption for carbon monoxide clean-up in a fuel cell system, Craig S. Gittleman, William H. Pettit, and Gerald E. Voecks, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,964,757 (20051115), Low-temperature hydrogen production from oxygenated hydrocarbons, Randy D. Cortright and James A. Dumesic, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,964,758 (20051115), Low-temperature hydrogen production from oxygenated hydrocarbons, Randy D. Cortright and James A. Dumesic, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,964,817 (20051115), Porous sintered metal and filter thereof, and method for producing porous sintered metal, Kenji Date and Masumi Nakai, Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (JP) and Hmy, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,964,820 (20051115), Water recirculation in fuel cell power plant, Hitoshi Shimonosono and Takashi Hashimoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,964,821 (20051115), Fuel cell fuel supply system and mobile body, Syuji Hirakata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,964,822 (20051115), Fuel cell control device and fuel cell vehicle control apparatus, Tomoki Kobayashi, Koji Kurosaki, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,964,823 (20051115), Solid polymer electrolyte, a membrane using thereof, a solution for coating electrode catalyst, a membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell, Toru Koyama, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Yamaga, Tomoichi Kamo, and Kazutoshi Higashiyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,964,824 (20051115), Fuel cell and method of operating the same, Naoyuki Enjoji, Yoshinori Wariishi, Masaharu Suzuki, and Yuichiro Kosaka, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,964,825 (20051115), Compliant manifold gasket, Mohammad Farooque, Chao–Yi Yuh, Dana Kelley, and Michael Cramer, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

U.S. 6,964,826 (20051115), Coated catalytic material with a metal phase in contact with a grain boundary oxide, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Benjamin Reichman, Michael A .Fetcenko, William Mays, and James Strebe, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc.

U.S. 6,966,327 (20051122), Fluid balance control system for use in a fuel processor, Kevin H. Nguyen, W. Spencer Wheat, and Vesna R. Mirkovic, Texaco Development Corporation.

U.S. 6,967,012 (20051122), Imide/amide hydrogen storage materials and methods, Gregory P. Meisner, Frederick E. Pinkerton, Martin S. Meyer, Michael P. Balogh, and Matthew D. Kundrat, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,967,038 (20051122), Production of catalyst coated membranes, William George O’Brien, EI du Pont de Nemours and Company.

U.S. 6,967,039 (20051122), Untreated diffusion media with mesoporous layer and devices incorporating the same, Jeanette E O’Hara, Joerg Roth, and Han Liu, General Motors Corporation.

U.S. 6,967,063 (20051122), Autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming method and catalyst, Shinichi Sato, Shin–Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,967,064 (20051122), Co-flow anode/cathode supply heat exchanger for a solidoxide fuel cell assembly, Karl J. Haltiner Jr. and Sean M. Kelly, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,967,065 (20051122), Separator of proton exchange fuel cell and its manufacturing method, Masahiro Saitou, Kazuo Saito, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Masashi Takahashi, Masayuki Itoh, Kunihiko Wada, and Kazutoshi Takaishi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 6,967,183 (20051122), Electrocatalyst powders, methods for producing powders and devices fabricated from same, Mark J. Hampden–Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, Rimple Bhatia, David E. Dericotte, and Paolina Atanassova, Cabot Corporation.

U.S. 6,967,415 (20051122), Power source apparatus, Nobuyoshi Takehara, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,968,744 (20051129), Capacitative pressure sensor with close electrodes, Kia Silverbrook and Samuel George Mallinson, Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 6,968,915 (20051129), Fuel cell automobile capable of reducing vibration, Narihiro Takagi, Takuma Kanazawa, and Koji Katano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,969,123 (20051129), Upgrading and mining of coal, Harold J. Vinegar, Kevin Albert Maher, and Scott Lee Wellington, Shell Oil Company.

U.S. 6,969,411 (20051129), Compact light weight autothermal reformer assembly, Roger R. Lesieur, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,969,493 (20051129), Apparatus for producing a hydrogen-rich and low carbon monoxide gas, Martin Schuessler, Barbara Strobel, and Detlef zur Megede, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).

U.S. 6,969,505 (20051129), Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Wayne W Simmons, Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Terry Mazanec, Eric Daymo, Ying Peng, and Jennifer Lynne Marco, Velocys, Inc.

U.S. 6,969,540 (20051129), Electrostatic spray coating apparatus and method, Albert E. Seaver and William K. Leonard, 3M Innovative Properties Company.

U.S. 6,969,545 (20051129), Hydrogen storage container, Peter Finamore, Deere & Company.

U.S. 6,969,561 (20051129), Fuel cell ambient environment monitoring and control apparatus and method, Jake de Vaal and Harvindra Deo, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,969,562 (20051129), Fuel cell power generation method and system, Qingquan Su, Kazuo Kinoshita, Yasuo Tanaka, and Tomohiro Togo, Ebara Corporation (JP).

U.S. 6,969,563 (20051129), High power density fuel cell stack using micro structured components, Gerard Francis McLean, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 6,969,564 (20051129), Fuel cell stack, Yoshinori Wariishi, Narutoshi Sugita, Masaharu Suzuki, Seiji Sugiura, Daisuke Wachi, and Yosuke Fujii, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,969,565 (20051129), Solid oxide fuel cell stack and method of manufacturing the same, Naoki Hara, Keiko Kushibiki, Fuminori Sato, Mitsugu Yamanaka, Makoto Uchiyama, and Masaharu Hatano, Nissan Motor Co, Ltd (JP).

U.S. 6,969,664 (20051129), Micro silicon fuel cell, method of fabrication and selfpowered semiconductor device integrating a micro fuel cell, Giuseppe D’Arrigo, Salvatore Coffa, and Rosario Corrado Spinella, STMicroelectronics Srl (IT).

U.S. 6,969,755 (20051129), Ion-exchange polymers, Peter Chamock, David J. Kemmish, Philip A. Staniland, and Brian Wilson, Victrex Manufacturing Limited (GB).

U.S. 6,970,071 (20051129), Method and device for acquiring data, Hans–Georg Hornung, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).