U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1315 (February 2007)

U.S. 7,171,881 (20070206), Angled product transfer conveyor, Scott Alan Ripley, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,171,989 (20070206), Fuel dispensing system and method, Adrian James Corless, Noel Christopher Buckley, Darrin Grant Elliott, Carolyn A. Lawrence, and David Reinhold Pfeil, Cellex Power Products, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,172,638 (20070206), Staged air autothermal reformer for improved startup and operation, Gary M Robb, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,172,647 (20070206), Coolant mixture separator assembly for use in a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant, Albert P. Grasso, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,172,702 (20070206), Method for using water in the processing of fuels for high temperature fuel cells, Claus Hoffjann and Hans-Juergen Heinrich, Airbus Deutschland GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,172,736 (20070206), Compact chemical reactor and compact chemical reactor system, Yoshihiro Kawamura and Naotsugu Ogura, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,737 (20070206), Fuel conversion reactor, Xiaoyang Rong and Brian E. Cheadle, Dana Canada Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,172,747 (20070206), Metal oxide nanotube and process for production thereof, Toshimi Shimizu and John Hwa Jung, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP) and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP).

U.S. 7,172,825 (20070206), Fuel cartridge with flexible liner containing insert, Paul Adams, Andrew J. Curello, and Floyd Fairbanks, Societe BIC (FR).

U.S. 7,172,826 (20070206), Method of operating fuel cell and power supply system, Kazutoshi Nomoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,827 (20070206), Fuel cells with integrated humidification and method for humidifying fuel cell process gas, Joachim Scholta, Ludwig Jorrisen, and Bernd Gaugler, Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. (DE).

U.S. 7,172,828 (20070206), Fuel cell system, Jeremy Carl Lawrence (DE).

U.S. 7,172,829 (20070206), Fuel cell and process for the production of same, Hisaaki Gyoten, Kazuhito Hatoh, and Shinya Kosako, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,172,830 (20070206), Separator for fuel cell and manufacturing method for the same, Seiji Mizuno, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,173,067 (20070206), Polymer electrolyte membranes crosslinked by direct fluorination, Miguel A. Guerra, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,173,155 (20070206), Terphenyl dihalide monomers having sulfonate groups and process for preparing the same, Jae-Suk Lee, Sun-Young Chang, Kwan-Soo Lee, Myung-Hwan Jeong, and Jung-Eun Yang, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 7,174,634 (20070213), Method for producing a fluid treatment device having a honeycomb member, Akinobu Morikawa and Tohru Irie, Sango Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,174,703 (20070213), Ion thrusting system, Frank T. Hartley, Ionfinity LLC.

U.S. 7,174,914 (20070213), Coupler, Yasushi Ooishi and Kazuhiro Teraguchi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,175,817 (20070213), Compact chemical reactor and chemical reaction system, Yoshihiro Kawamura and Naotsugu Ogura, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,826 (20070213), Compositions and methods for hydrogen storage and recovery, John Patrick Lemmon, William Paul Minnear, Luke Nathaniel Brewer, and Susan Holt Townsend, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,175,827 (20070213), Process of producing fuel gas for fuel cell, Iwao Anzai and Takaya Matsumoto, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,928 (20070213), Hydrogen supplying apparatus for fuel cell, Takahiro Kuriiwa, Toshiaki Shimada, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,175,929 (20070213), Fuel cell, method of manufacturing the same, and fuel cell stack including the same, Takashi Arita, Michiko Endo, and Hiroto Inoue, Fujitsu Component Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,175,930 (20070213), Conducting polymer-grafted carbon material for fuel cell applications, Bollepalli Srinivas, Columbian Chemicals Co.

U.S. 7,175,931 (20070213), Interconnector plate with openings and contact elements sealed in the openings, Peter Batfalsky, Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg, and Lambertus Gerardus Johannes De Haart, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,175,932 (20070213), Fuel cell system, Matthias Boltze, Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,175,933 (20070213), Fuel cell system and vehicle with fuel cell system mounted thereon, Haruyuki Nakanishi and Shinichi Matsumoto, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,175,934 (20070213), Single pump fuel cell system, Michael S DeFilippis, Graciela I. Varela, Luke E. Yetto, and Keith G. Brown, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 7,176,157 (20070213), Anode structure, Sarah Ball and David Thompsett, Johnson Matthey Public Limited Co. (GB).

U.S. 7,176,245 (20070213), Block copolymer processing for mesostructured inorganic oxide materials, Galen D. Stucky, Bradley F. Chmelka, Dongyuan Zhao, Nick Melosh, Qisheng Huo, Jianglin Feng, Peidong Yang, David Pine, David Margolese, Wayne Lukens Jr, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Patrick Schmidt-Winkel, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,176,247 (20070213), Interpenetrating polymer network, Charles W. Walker Jr., The United States of America.

U.S. 7,178,374 (20070220), Press forming apparatus for fuel cell metal separator, Naoyuki Enjoji, Toshiki Kawamura, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Takanori Monda, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,178,565 (20070220), Self-contained mobile fueling station, Donald Paul Eichelberger, David John Farese, Joseph Perry Cohen, and Richard Layton Colwell, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,178,747 (20070220), Shape engineering of nanoparticles, Tapesh Yadav and Karl Pfaffenbach, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 7,179,313 (20070220), Regenerative autothermal catalytic steam reformer, William B. Retallick and William A Whittenberger, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 7,179,338 (20070220), Control of engineering processes using magnetostrictive alloy compositions, Sivaraman Guruswamy, Kevin Nguyen, Pinai Mungsantisuk, and Rob Corson, University of Utah Research Foundation.

U.S. 7,179,422 (20070220), Apparatus for improved detection of carbon monoxide by infrared absorption spectroscopy, Kevin W. Kirby, Amanda C. Phelps, and Robert N. Schwartz, HRL Laboratories, LLC.

U.S. 7,179,442 (20070220), Catalyst formulations containing Group 11 metals for hydrogen generation, Alfred Hagemeyer, Raymond E. Carhart, Karin Yaccato, Peter Strasser, Michael Herrmann, Robert K. Grasselli, Christopher James Brooks, and Cory Bernard Phillips, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,443 (20070220), Powder metal hydride hydrogen generator, Andreas Schell, Rolf Schaller, Jason W. Buelow, and Doanh T. Tran, DaimlerChrysler Corp.

U.S. 7,179,500 (20070220), Sub-micron electrolyte thin film on nano-porous substrate by oxidation of metal film, Yong-Il Park, Friedrich B. Prinz, Suk-Won Cha, Sang-Joon John Lee, and Yuji Saito, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,179,501 (20070220), Modified diffusion layer for use in a fuel cell system, Gerhard Beckmann, Xiaoming Ren, Paul F. Mutolo, Frank W. Kovacs, and Shimshon Gottesfeld, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc.

U.S. 7,179,553 (20070220), Method for detecting electrical defects in membrane electrode assemblies, Michael W. Murphy and Brian A. Litteer, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,179,554 (20070220), Fuel cell systems, Arne W. Ballantine and Ron H. Farkash, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 7,179,555 (20070220), Fuel cell system, Hiroyasu Kudou, Tomohiro Saito, Toshiyuki Kawai, Kunio Okamoto, and Akimasa Osaki, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,556 (20070220), Fuel cell system, Tomohiro Saito, Toshiyuki Kawai, Kunio Okamoto, Akimasa Osaki, and Hiroyasu Kudou, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,557 (20070220), Direct antifreeze cooled fuel cell power plant with passive water management, Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,179,558 (20070220), Braze alloy containing particulate material, Gary F. Reisdorf and Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,559 (20070220), Proton conductor, single-ion conductor, and processes for producing these, Tomitaro Hara, Ryosuke Takagi, and Kazuhiro Noda, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,179,560 (20070220), Composite electrolyte membrane and fuel cell containing the same, Ju-hee Cho and Chan-ho Pak, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,179,561 (20070220), Nanowire-based membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells, Chunming Niu, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Stephen A. Empedocles, and J. Wallace Parce, Nanosys, Inc.

U.S. 7,179,847 (20070220), Polymer electrolytes crosslinked by e-beam, Michael A. Yandrasits, Steven J. Hamrock, and Naiyong Jing, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,179,860 (20070220), Crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes for heat, ion and moisture exchange devices, Liwei Cao, Scott G. Ehrenberg, and Joseph M. Serpico.

U.S. 7,181,316 (20070220), Energy distribution network, Matthew J. Fairlie, William J. Stewart, Andrew T. B. Stuart, Steven J. Thorpe, and Charlie Dong, Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,181,329 (20070220), High temperature protection of fuel cell system combustor and other components via water or water vapor injection, Joseph Francis Ferrall, Wolfgang Alan Fengler, James Daniel Powers, and Pavel Alexandrovich Sokolov, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,181,986 (20070227), Quality control methods for gas diffusion media, Joerg Roth, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,182,132 (20070227), Linearly scalable geothermic fuel cells, Marshall T. Savage, Independant Energy Partners, Inc.

U.S. 7,182,796 (20070227), Odorant for fuel gas, Yutaka Kato, Soda Aromatic Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,182,848 (20070227), Production of hollow ceramic membranes by electrophoretic deposition, Partha Sarkar, Alberta Research Council, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,182,851 (20070227), Electrolytic commercial production of hydrogen from hydrocarbon compounds, Rodolfo Antonio M. Gomez (AU).

U.S. 7,182,887 (20070227), Conductive composite material and fuel cell electrode using same, Franck Jousse, Jean-Felix Salas, Didier Marsacq, and Philippe Mazabraud, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (FR).

U.S. 7,182,898 (20070227), Process for complex shape formation using flexible graphite sheets, Jeremy H. Klug, Advanced Energy Technology Inc.

U.S. 7,182,921 (20070227), Cylindrical steam reforming unit, Toshiyasu Miura, Jun Komiya, Hiroshi Fujiki, and Naohiko Fujiwara, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,183,015 (20070227), Fuel cell stack with circuit, Detlef Stolten, Hendrik Dohle, Jurgen Mergel, and Helmut Baltruschat, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,183,016 (20070227), Integrated fuel cell power system, Jerrold E. Franklin, Altergy Systems.

U.S. 7,183,017 (20070227), 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. 7,183,370 (20070227), Phosphonic-acid grafted hybrid inorganic-organic proton electrolyte membranes (PEMs), Siwen Li, Meilin Liu, Kohei Hase, Masatsugu Nakanishi, Wen Li, and Junzo Ukai, Toyota Technical Center USA, Inc.