U.S. FUEL CELL AND BATTERY PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1316 (March 2007)

U.S. 7,186,352 (20070306), Microfluidic 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. 7,186,358 (20070306), Polymer dopants, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Mark Giles, Maxim Shkunov, Steven Tierney, and Clare Bailey, Merck Patent Gesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,186,368 (20070306), Method for producing an electrode that has a temperaturestabilized conductivity, Dimitrios Simwonis, Frank Tietz, and Hans-Peter Buchkremer, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,186,396 (20070306), Method for hydrogen storage and delivery, Buddy D. Ratner and Esmaeel Naeemi, Asemblon, Inc.

U.S. 7,186,473 (20070306), Battery with built-in load leveling, Lih-Ren Shiue, Abel Sun, and Hsing-Chen Chung, Luxon Energy Devices Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,186,474 (20070306), Nanocomposite compositions for hydrogen storage and methods for supplying hydrogen to fuel cells, Bor Z. Jang, Nanotek Instruments, Inc.

U.S. 7,186,475 (20070306), Unit cell for solid oxide electrolyte type fuel cell and related manufacturing method, Itaru Shibata, Keiko Kushibiki, Fuminori Satou, Mitsugu Yamanaka, Makoto Uchiyama, and Masaharu Hatano, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,186,476 (20070306), One piece bipolar plate with spring seals, Jeffrey A. Rock, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,186,478 (20070306), Electrochemical device, Jay M. Forlino, Andrew J. Manning, and Eran Turi, Lithium Technology Corp.

U.S. 7,186,665 (20070306), Production of low-temperature fuel cell electrodes, Michiel Pieter De-Heer and Frank Albert De Bruijn, Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (NL).

U.S. 7,188,519 (20070313), Device and method for measuring the flow and at least one material parameter of a fluid, Mark Hornung, Jens Kubasch, Moritz Lechner, and Felix Mayer, Sensirion AG (CH).

U.S. 7,189,364 (20070313), Hydrogen sensor, Norihiko Nadanami, Tomonori Kondo, Masaya Watanabe, Ryuji Inoue, Noboru Ishida, and Takafumi Oshima, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,189,371 (20070313), Fuel reforming system, Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,189,373 (20070313), Carbon monoxide removal from reformate gas, Ikuhiro Taniguchi and Hiroaki Hashigaya, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,189,382 (20070313), Methods for the production of hydrogen, Leonid Grigorian, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,189,467 (20070313), Fuel cell system, Keisuke Wakabayashi and Yasukazu Iwasaki, Nissan Motor Co, Ltd (JP).

U.S. 7,189,468 (20070313), Lightweight direct methanol fuel cell, Michael G. Izenson, Christopher J. Crowley, and Wayde H. Affleck, Creare Inc.

U.S. 7,189,469 (20070313), Fuel cell assembly and method of making the same, Gary David Tarver, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,189,470 (20070313), Sealing materials and devices utilizing such materials, Jeffrey E. Cortright, Lisa A. Lamberson, Pamela A. Maurey, and Robert M. Morena, Corning Inc.

U.S. 7,189,471 (20070313), Solid oxide MEMS-based fuel cells, Alan F. Jankowksi and Jeffrey D. Morse, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,189,472 (20070313), Fuel cell, electrode for fuel cell and a method of manufacturing the same, Seiichi Suenaga, Maki Yonetsu, Norihiro Tomimatsu, Hideyuki Ohzu, Yasuhiro Goto, and Yoshihiko Nakano, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,189,572 (20070313), Method for measuring water content of fuel cell based on conductivity of electrolyte, Tomonori Imamura, Toshiyuki Kawai, and Kunio Okamoto, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,189,789 (20070313), Curable fluoropolyether composition and rubber article, Noriyuki Koike, Takashi Matsuda, and Yasunori Sakano, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,190,568 (20070313), Electrically conductive fuel cell contact materials, Anthony Wood, Zheng Tang, and Tahir Joia, Versa Power Systems Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,191,808 (20070320), Driver interactive system for reducing the possibility of a static discharge during the refill of high pressure storage tanks in hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles, Steven R. Mathison, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,192,063 (20070320), Metallic tubular hose having a rubber or resin hard material layer, Yuji Takagi and Minoru Hiramatsu, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,192,458 (20070320), Process, control system and apparatus for the distribution of air in a fuel cell/fuel processor system, John R. Harness, Gavin P. Towler, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche, John J. Senetar, and Daniel R. Sioui, HyRadix Inc.

U.S. 7,192,460 (20070320), Reformate cooling system and method for use in a fuel processing subsystem, Jeroen Valensa, Modine Manufacturing Co.

U.S. 7,192,665 (20070320), Regulator for fuel cell, Yoji Nakajima, Kazuki Ishikawa, Takashi Yoshida, Katsumi Sahoda, and Kouji Miyano, Keihin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,192,666 (20070320), Apparatus and method for heating fuel cells, John C. Calhoon, Microsoft Corp.

U.S. 7,192,667 (20070320), Device and method for controlling fuel cell system, Jefferson Y. S. Yang, Te-Chou Yang, and Yao-Sheng Hsu, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,192,668 (20070320), Fuel cell stack and method of operating a fuel cell system with such a fuel cell stack, Tomas Dehne, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,192,669 (20070320), System and method of fuel cell power generation, Akinari Nakamura, Masataka Ozeki, Shinji Miyauchi, and Tomonori Asou, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,192,670 (20070320), Fuel cell and membrane electrode assembly, Hideo Daimon and Yukiko Yamamoto, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,193,120 (20070320), Colloid-catalyzed gas transfer in supercritical phases, Heiko G. Niessen, Klaus Woelk, Andreas Eichhorn, and Joachim Bargon, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,194,367 (20070320), Method and system for verification, calibration and simulation of a fuel cell test station, Marek Baker, Greenlight Power Technologies, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,194,801 (20070327), Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method, Mark Lynn Jenson and Victor Henry Weiss, Cymbet Corp.

U.S. 7,195,035 (20070327), In-tank hydrogen distribution valve, Rainer Pechtold, GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.

U.S. 7,195,652 (20070327), Method for forming compact chemical reactors with reactor frames, Gerard Francis McLean, Duhane Lam, and Olen Vanderleeden, Angstrom Power (CA).

U.S. 7,195,657 (20070327), Hydrogen generation system and fuel cell system having the same, Kunihiro Ukai, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Hidenobu Wakita, Seiji Fujihara, and Akira Maenishi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,195,663 (20070327), Hydrogen purification membranes, components and fuel processing systems containing the same, David J. Edlund, William A. Pledger, and R. Todd Studebaker, IdaTech, LLC.

U.S. 7,195,690 (20070327), Roll-good fuel cell fabrication processes, equipment, and articles produced from same, David Robert Mekala, Donald George Peterson, Dennis Earl Ferguson, and Duane Douglas Fansler, 3M Innovative Properties Co.

U.S. 7,195,742 (20070327), Preferential oxidation reactor and process, Ke Liu, Sean C Emerson, and Richard James Bellows, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 7,195,830 (20070327), Apparatus, mechanism and process for warming-up fuel cell, Tomoki Kobayashi, Takahiro Kuriiwa, and Yoshio Nuiya, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,195,831 (20070327), Fuel cell and method of controlling the same, Seiji Sano and Shigeaki Murata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,195,832 (20070327), Fuel cells, Robert Glynn Lewin and Stephen Vernon Barnett, British Nuclear Fuels PLC (GB).

U.S. 7,195,833 (20070327), Solid oxide electrolyte with ion conductivity enhancement by dislocation, Yuji Saito, Friedrich B. Prinz, Yong-Il Park, and Ryan O’Hayre, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,195,834 (20070327), Metallized conducting polymer-grafted carbon material and method for making, Bollepalli Srinivas, Columbian Chemicals Co.

U.S. 7,195,835 (20070327), Proton conducting membrane for fuel cells, Daniel G. Colombo, Michael Krumpelt, Deborah J. Myers, and John P. Kopasz, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,195,836 (20070327), Polymeric separator plates, Daniel J. Lisi, Richard H. Blunk, John N. Owens, Youssef M. Mikhail, and Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,195,837 (20070327), Separator unit and fuel cell with separator unit, Masaharu Suzuki, Naoyuki Enjoji, Yuichiro Kosaka, and Narutoshi Sugita, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,195,838 (20070327), Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell, Masaaki Nanaumi, Junichi Yano, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, and Tadashi Nishiyama, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,195,840 (20070327), Cell structure for electrochemical devices and method of making same, Thomas D. Kaun.

U.S. 7,196,151 (20070327), Functionalized main chain polymers, Thomas Haring (DE).

U.S. 7,196,221 (20070327), Ionic liquids and their use, Andrew P. Abbott, David L. Davies, Glen Capper, Raymond K. Rasheed, and Vasuki Tambyrajah, Scionix Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,196,235 (20070327), Process for producing fluorinated vinyl ether, Nobuto Hoshi, Nobuyuki Uematsu, and Masanori Ikeda, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,196,297 (20070327), Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing, Donald A. Seccombe Jr. and Gary Orbeck, BTU International, Inc.

U.S. 7,197,487 (20070327), Apparatus and method for estimating battery state of charge, Terry Hansen and Chiajiu Wang, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).