U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1304 (March 2006)

U.S. 7,007,509 (20060307), Method of making glass compositions for ceramic electrolyte electrochemical conversion assemblies and assemblies made thereby, Gary Mark Crosbie, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,007,766 (20060307), Fuel cell vehicle, Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,007,872 (20060307), Methods for modifying the surface area of nanomaterials, Tapesh Yadav and Karl Pfaffenbach, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 7,008,219 (20060307), Boil-off gas processing system using electric heater, Toshiaki Shimada, Takahiro Kuriiwa, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,008,465 (20060307), Cleanable high efficiency filter media structure and applications for use, Kristine M. Graham, Timothy H. Grafe, and Mark A. Gogins, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,008,584 (20060307), Method for fabricating a seal-integrated separator, Masajiro Inoue, Toshihiko Suenaga, Nobuaki Kimura, and Keisuke Andou, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,008,597 (20060307), Catalytic reactor, Hendrik Martinus Wentinck and Jacobus Antonius Jozef Smit, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 7,008,604 (20060307), Method for cutting nanotubes, Richard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Hongjie Dai, Jie Liu, Andrew G. Rinzler, Jason H. Hafner, Kenneth A. Smith, Ting Guo, Pavel Nikolaev, and Andreas Thess, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,008,609 (20060307), Method for producing hydrogen gas utilizing mechanocorrosive reaction, Masao Watanabe and Yoko Watanabe, Dynax Corporation (JP).

U.S. 7,008,706 (20060307), Drive system incorporating a hybrid fuel cell, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Zdravko Menjak, Boyko Aladjov, and Hong Wang, Ovonic Fuel Cell Co. LLC.

U.S. 7,008,707 (20060307), Direct water vaporization for fuel processor startup and transients, Steven G Goebel, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,008,708 (20060307), System and method for early detection of contaminants in a fuel processing system, David J. Edlund and William A. Pledger, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,008,709 (20060307), Fuel cell having optimized pattern of electric resistance, Kevin R. Keegan and Diane M. England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,710 (20060307), Fuel cell system with air cooling device, Jefferson YS Yang and Yao–Sheng Hsu, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 7,008,711 (20060307), Thermally integrated fuel cell power system, Joseph M. Pondo, David J. Goodwin, Chakravarthy Sishtla, Randy J. Petri, and Robert J. Remick, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,008,712 (20060307), Split cell type fuel cell stack, Yukio Naruse, Noboru Ohwaki, Shoji Nawa, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,713 (20060307), Fullerene-based proton conductive materials, Berthold Nuber and Bjoern Pietzak, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,714 (20060307), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Teruhisa Kanbara, Kazuhito Hatoh, and Junji Niikura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,715 (20060307), Thermal and vibrational break for high-temperature gas tubes in a solid-oxide fuel cell, Curtis A. Richardson, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Sean M. Kelly, and Bernard Edlinger, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,716 (20060307), Gasket material for a fuel cell, Diane M. England, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,008,717 (20060307), Diaphragm pump and anode stream recirculation system using such pump for a fuel cell, Jefferson YS Yang, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (TW).

U.S. 7,008,718 (20060307), Fuel cell assembly, Tadahiro Kubota, Jun Sasahara, Nariaki Kuriyama, Yuji Isogai, and Sang-Joon John Lee, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and The Board of Trustees of the Lealand Stanford Junior University.

U.S. 7,008,725 (20060307), Hydrogen-storing carbonaceous material and method for producing the same, hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material and method for producing the same and battery and fuel cell using hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material, Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,008,971 (20060307), Composite polymer electrolytes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Karl Milton Taft III, Matthew Robert Kurano, and Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Hoku Scientific, Inc.

U.S. 7,009,136 (20060307), Method of fabricating a bipolar plate assembly, Harald Schlag, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,011,004 (20060314), Trimming apparatus and method for fuel cell membrane/electrode coupling and transporting apparatus, Tetsuo Ishii and Akihiro Ohsugi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,011,693 (20060314), Control of a hydrogen purifying pressure swing adsorption unit in fuel processor module for hydrogen generation, Kiran Mallavarapu, John B. Ruhl, and Craig S. Gittleman, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,011,694 (20060314), CO.-selective membranes containing amino groups, W S Winston Ho, University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

U.S. 7,011,768 (20060314), Methods for hydrogen storage using doped alanate compositions, Craig M. Jensen and Scott D. Redmond, FuelSell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,011,807 (20060314), Supported catalysts having a controlled coordination structure and methods for preparing such catalysts, Bing Zhou, Michael Rueter, and Sukesh Parasher, Headwaters Nanokinetix, Inc.

U.S. 7,011,901 (20060314), Fuel cell generation system and method, Tetsuya Ueda, Shinji Miyauchi, and Akinari Nakamura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,011,902 (20060314), Black start method and apparatus for a fuel cell power plant, and fuel cell power plant with black start capability, Martin T. Pearson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,011,903 (20060314), Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system, Glen E. Benson, Arne W. Ballantine, John W. Parks, Wieslaw J. Zielinski, Eric T. White, and Robert A. Sinuc, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,011,904 (20060314), Fluid passages for power generation equipment, Ronald Scott Bunker, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,011,905 (20060314), Solid polymer electrolyte membrane, solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell using the membrane and method of fabricating the same, Shigeru Sakamoto, Hiroko Sanda, Hirosaku Nagano, Hidekazu Kuromatsu, and Kiyoyuki Namura, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP) and Kaneka Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,011,988 (20060314), Build-up structures with multi-angle vias for chip to chip interconnects and optical bussing, Robert Forcier, FlipChip International, LLC.

U.S. 7,012,728 (20060314), Electrochemical device, such as an electrically controlled system with variable optical and/or energy properties, Claude Morin, Fabien Beteille, and Jean-Christophe Giron, Saint-Gobain Glass France (FR).

U.S. 7,013,709 (20060321), High throughput preparation and analysis of plastically shaped material samples, Damian A. Hajduk and Oleg Kolosov, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,001 (20060321), High-voltage energy regulated conversion circuit, Joel Beckerman, Joseph Carl Burba, Matthew Roger DeDona, and Raymond Spiteri, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,014,435 (20060321), Scroll fluid machine, Ken Yanagisawa and Tamotsu Fujioka, ANEST IWATA Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,799 (20060321), Method of forming mesoscopically structured material, Peidong Yang, Tao Deng, George M. Whitesides, Galen Stucky, Dongyaun Zhao, Bradley Chmelka, David Pine, and Pingyun Feng.

U.S. 7,014,822 (20060321), Fluid treating device, Norihisa Shinke, Kazuhiro Hirai, and Seisaku Higashiguchi, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,928 (20060321), Direct current/direct current converter for a fuel cell system, Christos A. Kambouris and John T. Bates, Ballard Power Systems Corp.

U.S. 7,014,929 (20060321), Fuel cell, David Champion and Gregory S. Herman, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,014,930 (20060321), Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer to generate multiple reformate gases, Michael J. Daniel and Shawn D. Bauer, Arvin Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,931 (20060321), Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells, Yimin Zhu and Piotr Zelenay, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,014,932 (20060321), Drainage system and process for operating a regenerative electrochemical cell system, Dean Halter and Spyros Nomikos, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,933 (20060321), Cathode saturation arrangement for fuel cell power plant, William P. Collins, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,014,934 (20060321), Tubular flat plate fuel cells and method of making the same, Robert F. Novak, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 7,014,935 (20060321), Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack having specific corrosion resistant cells, Shanna D. Knights and David P. Wilkinson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,014,936 (20060321), Fuel cell block, Detlev Coerlin and Arno Mattejat, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,014,937 (20060321), Architected fuel cell system for modular application, Michael M. Walsh, Richard G. Betzwieser, and Karl F. Knapp, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,014,938 (20060321), Separator for fuel cell, Teruyuki Ohtani, Makoto Tsuji, and Masao Utsunomiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,014,939 (20060321), Fuel cell and fuel cell stack, Toshihiko Suenaga, Narutoshi Sugita, Takayuki Ogawa, Keisuke Andou, and Masajiro Inoue, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,014,940 (20060321), High-polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Nobuhiro Hase, Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo Ohara, Shinsuke Takeguchi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, and Tatsuto Yamazaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,941 (20060321), Electrode catalyst for H.S fuel cells, Karl T. Chuang, Jingli Luo, Guolin Wei, and Alan R. Sanger, The Governors of the University of Alberta (CA).

U.S. 7,014,942 (20060321), Method for solid oxide fuel cell anode preparation, Raymond J. Gorte, John M. Vohs, and Radu Craciun, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

U.S. 7,014,943 (20060321), Thin-film gas diffusion electrode and the method for making the same, Wen-Chin Li, Shu-Chin Chou, Shinn-Horng Yeh, Kuan-Liang Chen, Kun-Lung Hsien, and Min-Lun Chen, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 7,014,944 (20060321), Electrodes for alkaline fuel cells with circulating electrolyte, Karl Kordesch and Martin Cifrain, Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,947 (20060321), Integral membrane support and frame structure, A. John Speranza and Mark E. Dristy, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,014,948 (20060321), Electrochemical device using multicomponent composite membrane film, Seung-Jin Lee, Hyang-Mok Lee, Soon-Ho Ahn, Jin-Yeon Cho, Hyun-Hang Yong, Hyung-Keun Lee, Sang-Young Lee, Heon-Sik Song, Byeong-In Ahn, Soon-Yong Park, and You-Jin Kyung, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,014,951 (20060321), Carbonaceous material for hydrogen storage, and method for preparation thereof, carbonaceous material having hydrogen absorbed therein and method for preparation thereof, cell and fuel cell using carbonaceous material having hydrogen absorbed therein, Hisashi Kajiura, Masashi Shiraishi, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,952 (20060321), Hydrogen-storing carbonaceous material and method for producing the same, hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material and method for producing the same and battery and fuel cell using hydrogen-stored carbonaceous material, Masashi Shiraishi, Hisashi Kajiura, Eisuke Negishi, and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,014,953 (20060321), Regenerative bipolar fuel cell, Zdravko Menjak, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Latchezara M. Gradinarova, Hong Wang, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Subhash K. Dhar, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell, LLC.

U.S. 7,015,263 (20060321), Process for recovering fluoropolymers, Seisaku Kumai, Yutaka Fukatsu, and Ryota Tokura, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,366 (20060321), Fluorinated compound, fluoropolymer and process for its production, Seisaku Kumai, Yutaka Fukatsu, and Ryota Tokura, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,015,495 (20060321), Metallic very thin film, metallic very thin film multilayer body, and method for manufacturing the metallic very thin film or the metallic very thin film laminate, Yoshitada Murata, Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (JP).

U.S. 7,017,792 (20060328), Integrated piping plate, machining method for same, machining apparatus for same, and machining equipment for same, Haretaro Hidaka and Michio Tsukamoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,017,884 (20060328), Fluid metering valve, Barry T. Brinks, Dana Nova Joyce Wolverton, Delbert Dwight Cannon, and Gary F. McDaniel, Woodward Governor Co.

U.S. 7,018,032 (20060328), Internal venting structure for fluid tanks, Eric A. Merz and Brian S. Hilton, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,018,436 (20060328), Catalytic reactor with tangential flow distribution, Eric Sevenhuijsen and Hendrik Martinus Wentinck, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 7,018,500 (20060328), Apparatus and method for singulating porous fuel cell layers using adhesive tape pick head, Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Christopher James Kapusta, Samhita Dasgupta, and Stacey Joy Goodwin, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,018,518 (20060328), Biosensor carrying redox enzymes, Itamar Willner, Eugenii Katz, and Maya Zayats, Yissum Research Development Company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL).

U.S. 7,018,566 (20060328), Compounds derived from La.Mo.O. and their use as ionic conductors, Francois Goutenoire and Philippe Lacorre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR).

U.S. 7,018,600 (20060328), Expanded carbon fiber product and composite using the same, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 7,018,601 (20060328), Carbon fiber product, and method of adjusting length of carbon fiber product, Takashi Yanagisawa and Morinobu Endo, GSI Creos Corp. (JP) and Morinobu Endo (JP).

U.S. 7,018,604 (20060328), Compounds for novel proton conducting membranes and methods of making same, Steven A. Poling, Steve W. Martin, and Jacob T. Sutherland, Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc.

U.S. 7,018,732 (20060328), System and method for management of gas and water in fuel cell system, Joseph Cargnelli, Todd A. Simpson, Robert C. Del Core, Stephen Burany, Jianming Ye, and Ricardo Bazzarella, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,018,733 (20060328), Fuel cell stack having coolant flowing along each surface of a cooling plate, Seiji Sugiura, Masaharu Suzuki, Tetsuya Koido, Yoshinori Wariishi, Yosuke Fujii, and Takaki Nakagawa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,018,734 (20060328), Multi-element thin-film fuel cell, Charles C. Haluzak, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,018,735 (20060328), Biological fuel cell and methods, Adam Heller, Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.

U.S. 7,018,740 (20060328), Fuel cell cathode with redox couple, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Boyko Aladjov, Subhash K Dhar, Kevin Fok, and Thomas Hopper, Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC.

U.S. 7,019,324 (20060328), Strongly textured atomic ridge and dot MOSFETs, sensors and filters, Don Kendall, Starmega Corp.

U.S. 7,019,489 (20060328), Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack, Yuji Nakada, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,020,355 (20060328), Switchable surfaces, Joerg Lahann, Samir S. Mitragotri, and Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,020,562 (20060328), Method of monitoring the operation of gas sensor and system therefor, Mark Lillis, Spyros Nomikos, and Dean Halter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.