U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1309 (August 2006)

U.S. 7,083,657 (20060801), System for hydrogen generation, Richard M. Mohring and Michael Strizki, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S. 7,083,747 (20060801), Aerosol method and apparatus, coated particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,083,775 (20060801), Process for the autothermal catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons, Stefan Wieland, Frank Baumann, and Rainer Ahlborn, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 7,083,874 (20060801), Fuel cell power generation system, Katsumi Sahoda, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,083,875 (20060801), Method and apparatus for providing modular power, Mark Lillis, A. John Speranza, Dean Halter, Hermin Yi, Kim Summa, Phil Tombaugh, Matthew Christopher, Iris Shiroma, and Spyros Nomikos, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,083,956 (20060801), Method for hydrogen production from organic wastes using a two-phase bioreactor system, James Robert Paterek, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,085,125 (20060801), Carbon nanotube devices and uses therefor, Chien-Min Sung (TW).

U.S. 7,086,246 (20060808), Cooling apparatus for fuel cell utilizing air conditioning system, Keiichi Yoshii and Yukihiko Takeda, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,086,419 (20060808), Composite hose with a corrugated metal tube, Yuji Takagi, Minoru Hiramatsu, and Motoshige Hibino, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,086,853 (20060808), Startup combustor for a fuel cell, Motohisa Kamijo, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,097 (20060808), Facility for the gasification of carbon-containing feed materials, Jurgen Karl, Technische Universitat Munchen Lehrstuhl fur Thermische Kraftanlagen (DE).

U.S. 7,087,151 (20060808), Hydrogen sensor for use in battery overcharge/overdischarge detector and hydrogen leakage detector, Keigo Mizutani, Kazuhiko Yoshida, Hidetaka Hayashi, Masayoshi Iwase, and Kazuo Tojima, DENSO Corp. (JP), Nippon Soken, Inc. (JP), and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,198 (20060808), Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,087,207 (20060808), Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof, 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. 7,087,286 (20060808), Honeycomb structure and assembly thereof, Toshihiko Hijikata, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,326 (20060808), Moisture sensor and fuel cell system using same, Tomonori Imamura and Toshiyuki Kawai, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,327 (20060808), Electric power plant with adjustable array of fuel cell systems, Martin T. Pearson, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,087,328 (20060808), Fuel cell system and humidification method, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Yoshio Kusano, and Motohiro Suzuki, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,330 (20060808), Storing water in substrates for frozen, boot-strap start of fuel cells, Ned E. Cipollini, UTC Fuel Cells LLC.

U.S. 7,087,331 (20060808), Energy efficient gas separation for fuel cells, Bowie G. Keefer, Denis J. Connor, and Carl F. Hunter, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,087,333 (20060808), Hydrogen recirculation without a pump, Robert Schafer, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,334 (20060808), Fuel cell operation method, Takuya Sugino, Jun Suzuki, and Nobutaka Nakajima, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,087,335 (20060808), H-infinity control with integrator compensation for anode pressure control in a fuel cell stack, Jason R. Kolodziej and John S. Wheat, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,336 (20060808), Process for producing a solid electrolyte layer on a substrate, in a fuel cell, and in a sensor, Robert Fleck, Michael Kuznecov, Peter Otschik, Winfried Schaffrath, and Nikolai Trofimenko, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (DE).

U.S. 7,087,337 (20060808), Flow field geometries for improved water management, Thomas A. Trabold and Jon P. Owejan, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,087,338 (20060808), Polymer electrolyte fuel-cell separator sealing rubber composition, Noriyuki Meguriya and Yujiro Taira, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,339 (20060808), Fuel cell membrane electrode assembly with sealing surfaces, David Allen Wald, Jimmy Minh Le, Michael Andrew Yandrasits, and Paul Michael Boucher, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,087,340 (20060808), Proton conducting electrode, method for preparation thereof and electro-chemical device, Koichiro Hinokuma and Minehisa Imazato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,087,341 (20060808), Metal-air battery components and methods for making same, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Plamen Atanassov, Paolina Atanassova, Klaus Kunze, Paul Napolitano, David Dericotte, and Rimple Bhatia, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,087,544 (20060808), Nano-ceramics and method thereof, Joe H. Satcher Jr., Alex Gash, Randall Simpson, Richard Landingham, and Robert A. Reibold, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,087,656 (20060808), High temperature SiCN and SiC-type nanostructured ceramic material from block copolymer mesophases, Carlos Garcia and Ulrich Wiesner, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,087,707 (20060808), Synthesis of oligomeric cyanate esters, Teddy M. Keller and Matt Laskoski, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,090,512 (20060815), Connector system for conductive plates, Michael F. Laub, Alexandra L. Spitler, and Charles R. Malstrom, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 7,090,712 (20060815), Air filtration arrangements having fluted media construction and methods, Gary R. Gillingham, Mark A. Gogins, and Thomas M. Weik, Donaldson Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,090,738 (20060815), Method of manufacturing membrane electrode assembly, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Ryoichiro Takahashi, and Yoichi Asano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,090,784 (20060815), Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern, Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, and Yasuyuki Hotta, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,090,793 (20060815), Preparation of fuel cell composite bipolar plate, Chen-Chi Martin Ma, Ken Hung Chen, Hsu Chiang Kuan, Shih Ming Chen, Ming Huang Tsai, Yi Yie Yan, and Fanghei Tsau, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW) and National Tsing Hua University (TW).

U.S. 7,090,807 (20060815), Device for selective catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide, Stefan Brauchle, Oliver Freitag, Barbara Strobel, and Matthias Wolfsteiner, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,090,819 (20060815), Gas-phase process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof, Richard E. Smalley, Robert H. Hauge, Wan-Ting Chiang, Yuemei Yang, Kenneth A. Smith, Wilber Carter Kittrell, and Zhenning Gu, William Marsh Rice University.

U.S. 7,090,891 (20060815), Method for fabricating nanostructured solid oxide fuel cells and cell components, Harlan Anderson, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Wayne Huebner, Curators of the University of Missouri.

U.S. 7,090,938 (20060815), Method of preparing a solid oxide fuel cell, Gregory Hilmas and Dustin Beeaff, Curators of the University of Missouri.

U.S. 7,090,939 (20060815), Forming a layer on a flow plate of a fuel cell stack, Charles Michael Carlstrom Jr., John G. Piccirillo, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,090,940 (20060815), Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger, Jeremy A. Schrooten, Wayde R. Schmidt, Cynthia A. Rice, Michael L. Perry, H. Harvey Michels, Jesse M. Marzullo, and Patrick L. Hagans, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,090,941 (20060815), Fuel cell stack and a method of supplying reactant gases to the fuel cell stack, Ichiro Baba, Yosuke Fujii, Ken Takahashi, Daisuke Wachi, Hiromichi Yoshida, Takaki Nakagawa, Yoshinori Wariishi, Masaharu Suzuki, Seiji Sugiura, Narutoshi Sugita, and Hideaki Kikuchi, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,090,942 (20060815), Flow disruptor enhanced fuel cell, Ronald Scott Bunker, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,090,943 (20060815), Regulating the communication of power to components of a fuel cell system, John Meredith, Mark Pellerin, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,090,946 (20060815), Composite electrode and method for fabricating same, Porter Mitchell, Xiaomei Xi, and Linda Zhong, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,091,149 (20060815), Electrode for fuel cell, method of manufacturing same, and fuel cell with such electrode, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Tsugio Ohba, Takeshi Miyama, and Minako Onodera, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,091,279 (20060815), Curable fluoropolyether rubber compositions and rubber articles, Yasuhisa Osawa, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,294 (20060815), Fluoropolymer and resist composition, Yoko Takebe, Masataka Eda, and Osamu Yokokoji, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,091,625 (20060815), Home-use fuel cell system, Tsutomu Okusawa, Osamu Yokomizo, Toshiki Kahara, Kouichi Chino, Takaaki Mizukami, and Shin Takahashi, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,093,623 (20060822), Methods of providing refueling for fuel cell-powered devices, Alan J. Soucy, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,093,626 (20060822), Mobile hydrogen delivery system, Yang Li, Charles Stahl, Ned Stetson, and Daniel Bovinich, Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, LLC.

U.S. 7,093,818 (20060822), Embedded control valve using homopolar motor, Paul B. Koeneman, Harris Corp.

U.S. 7,093,924 (20060822), 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 manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi Nakamura (JP).

U.S. 7,094,289 (20060822), Method for manufacturing highly-crystallized oxide powder, Yuji Akimoto, Masami Nakamura, and Kazuro Nagashima, Shoei Chemical Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,311 (20060822), Assembling bipolar plates, Robert Angelo Mercuri, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,094,333 (20060822), Selective sorbents for purification of hydrocarbons, Ralph T. Yang, Arturo J. Hernandez-Maldonado, Frances H. Yang, and Akira Takahashi, The Regents of the University of Michigan.

U.S. 7,094,370 (20060822), Method for the production of metal-carbon composite powders, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, and Quint H. Powell, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,094,384 (20060822), Combined methane decomposition and ammonia formation cell, John E. Brandenburg, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,469 (20060822), Porous or non-porous substrate coated with an immobilized polymeric composition having sulfonyl groups and hydrophilic functional groups and process, Wilson Moya, Mykrolis Corp.

U.S. 7,094,485 (20060822), Method and apparatus for inspecting direct liquid fuel cell generator, and direct liquid fuel cell generator, Masahiro Takashita, Takashi Yamauchi, and Yoshihiko Nakano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,094,486 (20060822), Purge system for a fuel cell enclosure, James Kralick, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,487 (20060822), Solid composition, hydrogen generating method, and proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Nancy Desgardin, Christian Perut, and Joel Renouard, SNPE Materiaux Energetiques (FR).

U.S. 7,094,488 (20060822), Carbon monoxide selective oxidizing catalyst and manufacturing method for the same, Saeko Kurachi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,094,489 (20060822), Method for producing membrane electrode assembly, Mee-Nam Shinn, Byung-Sun Hong, and Ho-Suk Kim, FuelCellPower Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,094,490 (20060822), Ion conductive block copolymers, Shuguang Cao, Helen Xu, Thomas Jeanes, Kie Hyun Nam, and Jian Ping Chen, Polyfuel, Inc.

U.S. 7,094,491 (20060822), Fuel cell, Yasunori Yoshimoto, Takashi Yasuo, and Akira Hamada, Sanyo Elecrtric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,492 (20060822), Electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Takeshi Matsubara, Katsuhiko Kohyama, and Hiroshi Shinkai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,094,841 (20060822), Primer composition and bonding method, Yoshimichi Yamanaka, Kaneka Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,094,851 (20060822), Low equivalent weight ionomer, Huey Shen Wu, Charles W. Martin, and Xin Kang Chen, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 7,095,237 (20060822), Method of grouping single cells of power sources to build optimal packs using parameters obtained by analysis of impedance spectrum, Jee-Hwan Jang, Hyun-Kyung Sung, and Yevgen Barsukov, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,095,603 (20060822), Electrode for an energy storage device, Peter John Mahon, Clodoveo Simone Sacchetta, Calum John Drummond, and Phillip Brett Aitchison, Energy Storage Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,096,131 (20060822), Method for determining specifications of fuel cell power generation system and fuel cell power generation system, Hidehiko Takase, Koji Tamenori, Naohiko Oki, Asao Uenodai, and Naoyuki Enjoji, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,096,717 (20060829), Control device of gas sensor, Hidetoshi Oishi, Hirotoshi Inoue, Takashi Sasaki, and Takashi Saito, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,096,955 (20060829), Long duration fuel cell system, Wenlin Zhang and Joe Walter, Schlumberger Technology Corp.

U.S. 7,097,519 (20060829), Spring contact sheet and electrochemical battery with such a spring contact sheet, Arno Mattejat and Aloisia Schreiber, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,097,672 (20060829), Metal separator for fuel cell and bonding method there of, Tomoyuki Takamura and Masanao Shiomi, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,673 (20060829), Coating edge control, William R. Dudley, Alan P. Miller, and Robert A. Yapel, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,097,675 (20060829), Fast-quench reactor for hydrogen and elemental carbon production from natural gas and other hydrocarbons, Brent A. Detering and Peter C. Kong, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.

U.S. 7,097,748 (20060829), Electrolyzer pressure equalization system, John J. Duffy and Daniel Shapiro, University of Massachusetts.

U.S. 7,097,763 (20060829), Ion exchange filter apparatus, Shinichiro Takemoto and Koji Suzuki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,781 (20060829), Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern, Koji Asakawa, Toshiro Hiraoka, Yoshihiro Akasaka, and Yasuyuki Hotta, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,097,813 (20060829), Hydrogen generating apparatus, Jason S. Ord, Justin Roman, and Alan Shibata, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,097,904 (20060829), Porous fiber, Takashi Ochi, Akira Kishiro, Shuichi Nonaka, Takaaki Mihara, and Norio Suzuki, Toray Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,925 (20060829), High temperature fuel cell power plant, Bowie G. Keefer, QuestAir Technologies Inc (CA).

U.S. 7,097,926 (20060829), Solid polymer electrolyte membrane and fuel cell comprising same, Toshihiko Suenaga and Nobuaki Kimura, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,927 (20060829), Fuel cell system, Narutoshi Sugita, Noriaki Osao, and Takeshi Ushio, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,097,929 (20060829), Molten carbonate fuel cell, Choong Gon Lee, Byoung Sam Kang, Hai Kung Seo, and Hee Chun Lim, Korea Electric Power Corp. (KR).

U.S. 7,097,930 (20060829), Carbon dioxide management in a direct methanol fuel cell system, Sanjiv Malhotra, Oorja Protonics.

U.S. 7,097,931 (20060829), Fluid flow-fields for electrochemical devices, Mohamed Abdou, Peter Andrin, and Mukesh K. Bisaria, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,097,932 (20060829), Polymer electrolytic fuel cell and method for producing the same, Osamu Sakai, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hiroki Kusakabe, Eiichi Yasumoto, Yasushi Sugawara, Teruhisa Kanbara, Akihiko Yoshida, Makoto Uchida, and Junji Morita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,097,933 (20060829), Catalyst for fuel cell oxygen electrodes, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Cristian Fierro, Benjamin Reichman, William Mays, James Strebe, Michael A. Fetcenko, Avram Zallen, and Tim Hicks, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,098,112 (20060829), Preparation of field emission array comprising nanostructures, Kyeong-Taek Jung, Myung-Soo Kim, Kwan-Goo Jeon, and Seog-Hyun Cho, Samsung Corning Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,098,163 (20060829), Method of producing membrane electrode assemblies for use in proton exchange membrane and direct methanol fuel cells, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Paolina Atanassova, Rimple Bhatia, Ross A. Miesem, Paul Napolitano, and Gordon L. Rice, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,099,787 (20060829), Technique and apparatus to measure a fuel cell parameter, Michael D. Gasda, Michael Misiewicz, Garnet Prescott, Steve Buelte, and Jon W. Meredith, Plug Power Inc.