U.S. Fuel Cell and Battery Patents
Official Gazette, Volume 1331 (June 2008)
U.S. 7,381,034 (20080603), Hydrodynamic pressure bearing pump with a shaft and a bearing having hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves, Yuji Shishido, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,086 (20080603), High reliability battery contact assembly and method of forming same, Peter B. Gilmore, David H. McClintock, Robert J. Mulligan, and Bok Yeam Ong, Motorola, Inc.
U.S. 7,381,093 (20080603), Covered snap-fit terminals for connecting storage cells together, Masato Shimamori, Tomoyuki Okada, Hisashi Katoh, Koichi Yamamoto, Shuji Sasaki, Kenji Hasegawa, Munemasa Oobayashi, Norifumi Yasuda, and Makoto Kawahara, YKK Corp. (JP) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,101 (20080603), Battery post connector, Josep Maria Roset and Ramon Pinana Lopez, Lear Corp.
U.S. 7,381,105 (20080603), Electrical contact surface having numerous protrusions, Fred Miekka, Sierra Madre Marketing Group.
U.S. 7,381,229 (20080603), System for reacting fuel and air into reformate, Jeremy Lawrence, Enerday GmbH (DE).
U.S. 7,381,232 (20080603), Process for producing CeO2 fine particles and polishing slurry containing such fine particles, Yoshihisa Beppu, Tomohiro Sakai, Satoshi Kashiwabara, and Kazuo Sunahara, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,395 (20080603), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same, Shinya Miyazaki and Nobumichi Nishida, SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,486 (20080603), Fuel cell system, Akihiro Sakakida, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Akihiro Asai, and Masahiro Toriumi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,487 (20080603), In-situ removal of electrolyte from gas oxidizer, Sai P. Katikaneni, Mohammad Farooque, Glenn L. Carlson, and Mark Benedict, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
U.S. 7,381,488 (20080603), Regenerative oxidizer assembly for use in PEM fuel cell applications, Sai P. Katikaneni and Pinakin Patel, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
U.S. 7,381,489 (20080603), PEM fuel cell with high porosity hydrophilic water transport plates and temperature increase before shutdown in environment which may reach subfreezing temperatures, Richard D. Breault, UTC Power Corp.
U.S. 7,381,490 (20080603), Power system for fuel cell, electronic equipment and electric power feeding method, Masaru Higashionji, Kenji Hasegawa, Masafumi Shimotashiro, and Masaru Odagiri, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,491 (20080603), Maximizing PEM fuel cell power plant system efficiency at optimum system pressure, Parthasarathy Seshadri, Alfred P. Meyer, Leslie L. Van Dine, and Thomas M. Clark, UTC Power Corp.
U.S. 7,381,492 (20080603), Thin film solid oxide fuel cell and method for forming, Xin Chen, Naijuan Wu, and Alex Ignatiev, University of Houston.
U.S. 7,381,493 (20080603), Separator for fuel cell and process for producing the same, Hideto Ishikawa, Atsushi Omura, Tsuyoshi Inagaki, Kouji Nagai, and Tetsuo Ohinata, NICHIAS Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,494 (20080603), Electric battery assembly and method of manufacture, Wendy Fong, Mikito Nagata, Andrew Szyszkowski, and Hisashi Tsukamoto, Quallion LLC.
U.S. 7,381,495 (20080603), DIY thin film battery, Wen-Jin Li, Kuan-Liang Chen, Min-Lun Chen, and Shinn-Horng Yeh, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).
U.S. 7,381,496 (20080603), Lithium metal oxide materials and methods of synthesis and use, Per T. Onnerud, Jay Jie Shi, Sharon L. Dalton, and Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Tiax LLC
U.S. 7,381,497 (20080603), Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Masatoshi Nagayama and Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,498 (20080603), Positive electrode active material powder for lithium secondary battery, Manabu Suhara, Takuya Mihara, Koichiro Ueda, and Yukimitsu Wakasugi, Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,499 (20080603), Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Kumiko Kanai and Masahisa Fujimoto, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,381,500 (20080603), Method for preparing a lithium secondary battery comprising a multi-phase separator and lithium secondary battery made using the same, Jeong-won Oh, Su-jin Han, and Hyun-jei Chung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 7,381,501 (20080603), Polymer electrolyte and proton conductive membrane, Toshihiro Otsuki, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Masaru Iguchi, Naoki Mitsuta, and Hiroshi Soma, JSR Corp. (JP) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,382,102 (20080603), Heating of batteries using reactive power, Cyrus N. Ashtiani, Chrysler LLC.
U.S. 7,382,108 (20080603), Charging apparatus and charging current detecting circuit thereof, Shoji Matsuda, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,382,109 (20080603), Electronic equipment capable of housing battery, Yoichi Osada, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,382,110 (20080603), Method of charging secondary battery, method of calculating remaining capacity rate of secondary battery, and battery pack, Masaki Hogari and Taichi Sasaki, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,382,111 (20080603), Overvoltage and backflow current protection for a battery charger, Matthew D. Felder, Sigmatel, Inc.
U.S. 7,382,270 (20080603), Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery, Heino Wendelrup and Magnus Hansson, Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson (Publ) (SE).
U.S. 7,382,600 (20080603), Charge storage device, George Lange Paul, Rory Albert James Pynenburg, Peter John Mahon, Anthony Michael Vassallo, Philip Andrew Jones, Sarkis Keshishian, and Anthony Gaetano Pandolfo, CAP-XX Ltd. (AU).
U.S. 7,382,601 (20080603), Electric double layer capacitor and method of manufacturing same, Satoru Yoshimitsu, Saga SANYO Industries Co., Ltd. (JP) and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,382,602 (20080603), Polarizable electrode member, process for producing the same, and electrochemical capacitor utilizing the member, Motohiro Sakata and Yukihiro Shimasaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,382,603 (20080603), Electrode for energy storage devices and electrochemical supercapacitor based on said electrode, Alexander Timonov, Sergey Logvinov, and Dmitry Pivunov, Gen3 Partners, Inc.
U.S. 7,383,064 (20080603), Recharging method and associated apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, and Harold Swift, University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
U.S. 7,383,954 (20080610), Storage and display package for batteries, David J. Morrison.
U.S. 7,384,433 (20080610), Densification of compressible layers during electrode lamination, Porter Mitchell, Xiaomei Xi, and Linda Zhong, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 7,384,524 (20080610), Detection of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-based gas streams, Kevin Kirby and Keith C. Fuller, HRL Laboratories, LLC.
U.S. 7,384,552 (20080610), Proton-conducting membrane and the use thereof, Gordon Calundann, Michael J. Sansone, Oemer Uensal, and Joachim Kiefer, BASF Fuel Cell GmbH (DE).
U.S. 7,384,664 (20080610), Positive-electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and process for preparing the same, Ruediger Oesten, Ryuta Suzuki, and Katsuhisa Nitta, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).
U.S. 7,384,686 (20080610), Porous composite product in particular with a high specific surface preparation process and electrode formed of a porous composite film for an electro-chemical assembly, Jean-François Penneau, François Capitaine, and Philippe Le Goff, Bollore (FR).
U.S. 7,384,701 (20080610), Biocatalytic direct alcohol fuel cell, Aarne Halme, Matti Korhola, Anja Appelqvist, Jussi Suomela, and Xia-Chang Zhang, Enfucell Oy (FI).
U.S. 7,384,702 (20080610), Apparatus for mixing fuel and an oxidant, Steven G. Goebel, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 7,384,703 (20080610), Fuel cell system, Masahiko Sato, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Yosuke Fujii, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,384,704 (20080610), Methods and apparatus for controlling the temperature of an automobile battery, David S. Scott, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 7,384,705 (20080610), Electrode and battery, and methods of producing the same, Koichiro Kezuka and Takahiro Endo, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,384,706 (20080610), Lithium-nickel-cobalt-maganese containing composite oxide, material for positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, and methods for producing these, Manabu Suhara, Takuya Mihara, Koichiro Ueda, and Yukimitsu Wakasugi, Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,384,707 (20080610), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having electrode active material membrane layer, Mori Nagayama and Kouichi Nemoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,384,708 (20080610), Non-aqueous electrolyte battery, Tetsuo Kawai, Atsushi Yamano, Noriyuki Yabushita, Tadashi Sakata, and Hideki Nishihama, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,384,986 (20080610), Process for the selective methanation of carbon monoxide (CO) contained in a hydrogen-rich reformate gas, Chiung-Hui Huang, Chiou-Hwang Lee, and Ching-Tang Lin, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).
U.S. 7,384,996 (20080610), Phosphorus-containing polymer compound, synthesizing method thereof, antioxidant, high-durability polymer electrolyte composite, electrode, and fuel cell, Takumi Taniguchi, Masayoshi Takami, Masahiro Rikukawa, and Yuko Takeoka, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,385,794 (20080610), Secondary battery protection device, Takashi Kashine, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,385,801 (20080610), Organic electrolyte capacitor, Nobuo Ando, Kenji Kojima, Shinichi Tasaki, Hiromoto Taguchi, Tsutomu Fuji, Yukinori Hato, and Chisato Marumo, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,385,803 (20080610), Tetravalent metal acid triphosphates, Giulio Alberti, Riccardo Vivani, and Silvia Masci, FuMA-Tech Gesellschaft für Funktionelle Membranen und Anlagentechnologie mbH (DE).
U.S. 7,386,375 (20080610), Gasoline fuel cell power system transient control, Martin M. Hoch and Julie A. Stuart, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 7,387,541 (20080617), Battery connector, Ming-Chun Lai and Yu Li, Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 7,387,732 (20080617), Organic-inorganic membranes, Jochen Kerres and Thomas Häring, Rima Haring (DE).
U.S. 7,387,849 (20080617), Hydrogen recycle for solid oxide fuel cell, Bowie G. Keefer and Matthew L. Babicki, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).
U.S. 7,387,850 (20080617), Oxidant and fuel distribution for a fuel cell assembly, Richard Scott Bourgeois, General Electric Co.
U.S. 7,387,851 (20080617), Self-organizing battery structure with electrode particles that exert a repelling force on the opposite electrode, Antoni S. Gozdz, Richard K. Holman, Andrew L. Loxley, and Ronnie Wilkins, A123 Systems, Inc.
U.S. 7,387,852 (20080617), Polymer electrolyte and lithium battery using the same, Yong-beom Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 7,387,983 (20080617), Methanol reforming catalyst having a reduced volume shrinkage, Markus Hölzle, Michael Jolyon Sprague, Klaus Harth, Martin Schüssler, Martin Karl, and Stefan Boneberg, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE) and Nucellsys GmbH (DE).
U.S. 7,388,035 (20080617), Method for preparing poly(2,5-benzimidazole), Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Yeong-Chan Eun, Sung-Yong Cho, and Ho-Jin Kweon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 7,388,050 (20080617), Proton conductor and method for producing the same, Hitoshi Iwadate and Yuji Isogai, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,388,349 (20080617), Multiple battery switching method and apparatus, David Elder and Frank Bruno, Reserve Power Cell, LLC.
U.S. 7,388,350 (20080617), Battery with electronic compartment, David G. Wright, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
U.S. 7,388,351 (20080617), Capacity equalizing apparatus for secondary batteries, Hirofumi Yudahira, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,388,352 (20080617), Methods and apparatus for simultaneously charging multiple rechargeable batteries, Ryan Mitchell Bayne and Michael L. Purdy, Research In Motion Ltd. (Canada).
U.S. 7,388,362 (20080617), Bi-modal voltage limit control to maximize ultra-capacitor performance, James R. Yurgil, GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
U.S. 7,388,383 (20080617), Detecting method and detecting apparatus for detecting internal of rechargeable battery, rechargeable battery pack having said detecting apparatus therein, apparatus having said detecting apparatus therein, program in which said detecting method is incorporated, and medium in which said program is stored, Soichiro Kawakami and Yasusaburo Degura, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,389,128 (20080617), Slim line battery pack, James Infanti, Research in Motion Ltd. (CA).
U.S. 7,389,580 (20080624), Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte, Mark L. Jenson and Victor H. Weiss, Cymbet Corp.
U.S. 7,389,841 (20080624), Device for fixing a housing, especially a housing pertaining to a motor vehicle battery, to a carrier plate, Daniel Boville, A. Raymond & Cie (FR).
U.S. 7,389,852 (20080624), Integrated heat exchanger and muffler unit, Mark G. Voss, Liping Cao, and Gregory A. Mross, Modine Manufacturing Co.
U.S. 7,390,214 (20080624), Wireless battery snap, Pui Hong Tsiang (CN).
U.S. 7,390,215 (20080624), Battery connector, Chih-Yuan Liao and Hsiang-Ping Chen, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 7,390,229 (20080624), Battery connector, Chung-Hsin Huang and Yun-Chien Lee, Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 7,390,336 (20080624), Polyimide-based lithium metal battery, Alain Vallée, Dany Brouillette, James K. Pugh, and Wade W. Guindy, Solicore, Inc.
U.S. 7,390,427 (20080624), Hydrofluoroether as a heat-transfer fluid, Michael G. Costello, Richard M. Flynn, and Frederick E. Behr, 3M Innovative Properties Co.
U.S. 7,390,441 (20080624), Sulfonated conducting polymer-grafted carbon material for fuel cell applications, Srinivas Bollepalli, Columbian Chemicals Co.
U.S. 7,390,456 (20080624), Powder-metallurgic method for producing highly dense shaped parts, Wolfgang Glatz, Martin Janousek, Wolfgang Kraussler, Gebhard Zobl, and Reinhold Zach, Plansee Aktiengesellschaft (AT).
U.S. 7,390,472 (20080624), Method of making nanostructured lithium iron phosphate-based powders with an olivine type structure, Amit Singhal and Ganesh Skandan, NEI Corp.
U.S. 7,390,473 (20080624), Method of making fine lithium iron phosphate/carbon-based powders with an olivine type structure, Amit Singhal, Abhijeet Dhamne, and Ganesh Skandan, NEI Corp.
U.S. 7,390,528 (20080624), Method for forming functional porous layer, method for manufacturing fuel cell, electronic device, and automobile, Katsuyuki Morii, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,390,582 (20080624), Method for producing a protective coating for substrates that are subjected to high temperatures and form chromium oxide, Frank Tietz and Mohsine Zahid, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (DE).
U.S. 7,390,585 (20080624), Fuel cell system, Tadashi Matoba, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,390,586 (20080624), Fuel cell stacks of alternating polarity membrane electrode assemblies, Emerson R. Gallagher and Maura H. Malone, Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (CA).
U.S. 7,390,587 (20080624), Fuel cell system with load management, Anthony J. Dickman and David J. Edlund, Idatech, LLC.
U.S. 7,390,588 (20080624), Fuel cell and process for the production thereof, Shuhei Yamada, Hirotsuna Miura, Yasunori Yamazaki, and Yoshiharu Ajiki, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,390,589 (20080624), Safety apparatus for secondary battery and secondary battery having the same, Jeong-Soon Shin and Hyun-Joong Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 7,390,590 (20080624), Battery storage case, Yoshiaki Wani and Kenichi Hirose, Sony Corp. (JP).
U.S. 7,390,591 (20080624), Ionically conductive membranes for protection of active metal anodes and battery cells, Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, and Bruce D. Katz, PolyPlus Battery Co .
U.S. 7,390,592 (20080624), Electrode plate unit and battery, Shinsuke Fukuda, Naoto Arai, Noriyuki Fujioka, and Shinji Hamada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,390,593 (20080624), Fine carbon fiber, method for producing the same and use thereof, Ryuji Yamamoto and Toshio Morita, Showa Denko KK (JP).
U.S. 7,390,594 (20080624), Anode material for lithium batteries, Ilias Belharouak and Khalil Amine, UChicago Argonne, LLC.
U.S. 7,391,183 (20080624), System for controlling charging of secondary battery, Kyoichi Ariga and Takashi Sone, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 7,391,184 (20080624), Systems and methods for integration of charger regulation within a battery system, Shiguo Luo, John J. Breen, and Ligong Wang, Dell Products LP.
U.S. 7,391,185 (20080624), Battery pack protection circuit with plural protective means, and battery pack including the protection circuit, Shuji Tsubaki, Kazuto Miyagawa, and Yutaka Ikeda, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 7,391,603 (20080624), Electric double layer capacitor and electrolytic solution therefor, Takeshi Fujino, Byoungju Lee, Masayuki Takeda, Hideo Nagaoka, Hiroo Miyauchi, and Daisuke Noda, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).
