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U.S. BATTERY AND
FUEL CELL PATENTS
Compiled by Eddie T. Seo
etseo@netway.net
Littleton, CO
Official Gazette, Volume 1282 (May 2004)
U.S. 6,729,908 (20040504), Battery pack having
perforated terminal arrangement, Morgan Rey Benson,
Robert Thomas Wendling, and Steven D. Cochran,
Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,730,135 (20040504), Active negative material
for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing
the same and lithium secondary battery using the
same, Wanuk Choi, Kyouyoon Sheem, and
Sangyoung Yoon, Samsung Display Devices Co.,
Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,730,136 (20040504), Direct addition of
betaaminoenones in organic electrolytes of
nonaqueous cells employing solid cathodes, Andrew
Webber, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.
U.S. 6,730,138 (20040504), Alkyl polyglycerol
emulsion compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up,
Ramesh Varadaraj and Paul Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobil
Research and Engineering Co.
U.S. 6,730,271 (20040504), Fuel-cell system with
autothermal fuel-reforming apparatus incorporating
input air regulation, Toshiyuki Hirata, Toyota
Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,284 (20040504), Method for producing
carbonaceous articles, Avetik R. Harutyunyan and
Leonid Grigorian, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,350 (20040504), Class of electrocatalysts
and a gas diffusion electrode based thereon for
fuel cells, Gennadi Finkelshtain, Yuri Katzman,
and Mikhail Khidekel, Medis El Ltd. (IL).
U.S. 6,730,363 (20040504), Epoxy nitrile insulator
and seal for fuel cell assemblies, Kanu G. Shah,
Frank W. Popielas, and Dennis F. Person, Dana
Corp.
U.S. 6,730,398 (20040504), Fine carbon and method
for producing the same, Toshio Morita, Ryuji Yamamoto,
Tomoyoshi Higashi, and Katsuyuki Tsuji, Showa
Denko KK (JP).
U.S. 6,730,404 (20040504), Composite active material
and process for the production thereof, electrode
and process for the production thereof, and non-aqueous
electrolyte battery, Isao Suzuki, Shuji Hitomi,
Syozo Hashizume, and Eriko Yagasaki, Japan Storage
Battery Co., Ltd. (JP) and The Kansai Electric
Power Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,423 (20040504), Electrical contacting
device for an electrochemical fuel cell, Johann
Einhart and Christian Cremer, Ballard Power Systems
Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,730,424 (20040504), Electrochemical method
to improve the performance of H/air PEM
fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells, Chunzhi
He, Zhigang Qi, and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp.
U.S. 6,730,425 (20040504), Fuel cell system having
cool apparatus, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Toyota Jidosha
Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,426 (20040504), Integral sealing method
for fuel cell separator plates, James R. Wangerow,
Mosaic Energy, LLC.
U.S. 6,730,427 (20040504), Electrode for fuel
cell and method of manufacturing the same, Shuji
Hitomi, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,428 (20040504), Method of recycling
leadacid storage battery, Toshihiko Kondo
and Hideki Sugiyama, T & K Co., Ltd. (JP)
and Hideki Sugiyama (JP).
U.S. 6,730,429 (20040504), Intermetallic negative
electrodes for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries,
Michael M. Thackeray, John T. Vaughey, Christopher
S. Johnson, Linda M. L. Fransson, Ester Kristina
Edstrom, and Gary Henriksen, The University of
Chicago.
U.S. 6,730,430 (20040504), Explosion-proof safety
structure for column shape lithium battery, Chin
Lung Chang, Nan Ya Plastics Corp (TW).
U.S. 6,730,431 (20040504), Battery having tube
collapsing vent system and overcharge protection,
Antonio L. Romero, Alcatel (FR).
U.S. 6,730,432 (20040504), Secure battery latch,
Henry Grosfeld and Frank Gong, Symbol Technologies,
Inc.
U.S. 6,730,433 (20040504), Thin-wall anode can,
Keith Edward Buckle, Mark Andrews, and Thomas
Takahura, The Gillette Co.
U.S. 6,730,434 (20040504), Electrode material
for anode of rechargeable lithium battery, electrode
structural body using said electrode material,
rechargeable lithium battery using said electrode
structural body, process for producing said electrode
structural body, and process for producing said
rechargeable lithium battery, Soichiro Kawakami
and Masaya Asao, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,730,435 (20040504), Active material for
non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous
secondary battery using the same, Kenji Nakane,
Yasunori Nishida, Hiroshi Ogawa, and Yoshihiro
Kawakami, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,436 (20040504), Alkaline cell with
improved cathode, Francis P. Wang, J. Simon Xue,
David Anglin, James Rozelle, Joseph Drennan, and
Enoch I. Wang, The Gillette Co.
U.S. 6,730,437 (20040504), Anode for nonaqueous
secondary electrochemical cells, Randolph A. Leising
and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.
U.S. 6,730,438 (20040504), Nonaqueous electrolyte
secondary cells and process for fabricating same,
Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Toshiyuki Nohma,
and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,439 (20040504), Heat-resistant separator,
Toshikazu Kamei and Masaki Yamazaki, Tonen Tapyrus
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,730,440 (20040504), Composite body suitable
for utilization as a lithium ion battery, Stephan
Bauer, Bernd Bronstert, and Helmut Mohwald, BASF
Aktiengesellschaft (DE).
U.S. 6,730,441 (20040504), Rechargeable electrochemical
cell, Gunther Hambitzer, Bernd Kreidler, Volker
Doge, Ulrike Dorflinger, and Klaus Schorb, Gunther
Hambitzer (DE).
U.S. 6,730,538 (20040504), Fabricating electronic
devices using actinide oxide semiconductor materials,
Thomas T. Meek and Michael Z. Hu, The University
of Tennessee Research Corp.
U.S. 6,730,575 (20040504), Methods of forming
perovskite-type material and capacitor dielectric
having perovskite-type crystalline structure,
Jerome M. Eldridge, Micron Technology, Inc.
U.S. 6,731,022 (20040504), Digital battery, Martin
S. Silverman, DeNovo Research, LLC.
U.S. 6,731,096 (20040504), Battery charging algorithm,
Joseph Patino and John Dewey Fiske, Motorola,
Inc.
U.S. 6,732,043 (20040504), Method and arrangement
for determining the starting ability of a starter
battery of an internal combustion engine, Eberhard
Schoch, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,732,796 (20040511), In situ production
of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon containing
formation, the synthesis gas having a selected
H to CO ratio, Harold J. Vinegar, Scott
Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre de Rouffignac, Ilya
Emil Berchenko, and Robert Martijn Van Hardeveld,
Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,733,249 (20040511), Multi-stage internal
gear fuel pump, Eugen Maier and Michael Raymond
Raney, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,327 (20040511), Connector for button
battery contained in electronic device, Keiichi
Sugimoto and Mitsuru Nakagawa, Denso Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,544 (20040511), Method of producing
electrical double layer capacitor and method of
mounting electrical double layer capacitor on
a circuit substrate, Shinichi Takasugi, Yoshimi
Kanno, Shunji Watanabe, Tsugio Sakai, Yoshibumi
Nakamura, and Hideharu Onodera, SII Micro Parts
Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,546 (20040511), Method of preparing
an anode material for lithium secondary battery,
Keiko Matsubara, Toshiaki Tsuno, and SangYoung
Yoon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,733,547 (20040511), Method of making a
paste composition for lead acid battery, Daxing
Ma, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,552 (20040511), Hydrogen generating
apparatus, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Takeshi Tomizawa,
Kunihiro Ukai, Toshiyuki Shono, and Kouichiro
Kitagawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,563 (20040511), Methods for manufacturing
hydrogen storage tanks, Katsuyoshi Fujita, Hideki
Morino, Hidehito Kubo, Keiji Toh, Hiroyuki Mitsui,
Shinichi Towata, Kazuhiko Itoh, and Makoto Ishikura,
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP) and Toyota
Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,589 (20040511), Extruding coating method
and extruding coating apparatus, Seiichi Tobisawa,
Konica Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,724 (20040511), Hydrogen absorbing
alloy and nickelmetal hydride rechargeable
battery, Takao Maeda, Satoshi Shima, and Naofumi
Shinya, ShinEtsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,738 (20040511), Method and device for
the continuous production of NaAlCl¢ or NaFeCl¢,
Hans Leonhard Ohrem, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,733,741 (20040511), Method and apparatus
for activating a hydrogen-absorbing alloy, Kenji
Nakamura, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,828 (20040511), Method of fabricating
nanostructured materials to CO hydrate and
natural gas, KueiJung Chao (TW) and ChiaMin
Yang (TW).
U.S. 6,733,841 (20040511), Hydrophilic treatment
of a carbon fiber construction, Joseph William
Frisk and Wayne Meredith Boand,.
U.S. 6,733,909 (20040511), Fuel cell power plant
with electrochemical enhanced carbon monoxide
removal, Yi Ding and Joseph Carl Burba, Ford Motor
Co.
U.S. 6,733,910 (20040511), Fuel cell coolant tank
system, James H. Kralick, Power Plug Inc. (DE).
U.S. 6,733,911 (20040511), Fuel cell, Tatsuya
Kawahara, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,912 (20040511), Fixture pallet apparatus
for automated assembly of fuel cell material layers,
John Russell Mlinar, 3M Innovative Properties
Co.
U.S. 6,733,913 (20040511), Fuel cell system for
low pressure operation, Alan J. Cisar, Dacong
Weng, and Oliver J. Murphy, Lynntech, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,914 (20040511), Fuel cell membranes,
Walther Gustav Grot and Stephen Andreas Grot,
Ion Power, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,915 (20040511), Gas diffusion backing
for fuel cells, Kelly Barton and Shoibal Banerjee,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.
U.S. 6,733,916 (20040511), Method of manufacturing
fuel cells and fuel cells manufactured by the
method, Seiji Mizuno, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki
Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,917 (20040511), Seal for pressurized
container with a rupturable seal, Robert M. Janmey,
Eveready Battery Co., Inc.
U.S. 6,733,918 (20040511), Sealed rechargeable
battery, Shinji Hamada and Toyohiko Eto, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota
Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,733,919 (20040511), Battery spacer and
circuit board mounting apparatus, Thinh Nguyen
and William Phelps III, Motorola, Inc.
U.S. 6,733,920 (20040511), Recombinant separator,
Michael Cheiky and Wilson Hago, Zinc Matrix Power,
Inc.
U.S. 6,733,921 (20040511), Rechargeable electric
battery, Gerolf Richter, Peter Streuer, and Oliver
Bosch, VB Autobatterie GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,733,922 (20040511), Carbonaceous material
and lithium secondary batteries comprising same,
Keiko Matsubara, Toshiaki Tsuno, and KyouYoon
Sheem, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,733,923 (20040511), Metal oxide electrode
coated with porous metal film, porous metal oxide
film or porous carbon film, its fabrication method,
and lithium-ion secondary battery using it, KyungSuk
Yun, ByungWon Cho, WonIl Cho, HyungSun
Kim, UnSeok Kim, SangCheol Nam, SeungWon
Lee, and YoungSoo Yoon, Korea Institute of
Science and Technology (KR).
U.S. 6,733,924 (20040511), Lithium anodes for
electrochemical cells, Terje A Skotheim, Christopher
J. Sheehan, and Yuriy V Mikhaylik, Moltech Corp.
U.S. 6,733,925 (20040511), Non-aqueous electrolytic
solution secondary battery with electrodes having
a specific thickness and porosity, Kensuke Hironaka,
Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Yuichi Takatsuka,
Kenji Hara, Tomohiro Iguchi, Katsunori Suzuki,
Koji Higashimoto, and Takeshi Nakano, ShinKobe
Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,926 (20040511), Electrochemical cell
having a physical vapor deposited electrode and
method of manufacture, Barry C. Muffoletto, Ashish
Shah, and Neal N. Nesselbeck, Wilson Greatbatch
Ltd.
U.S. 6,733,927 (20040511), Non-aqueous electrolyte
secondary battery and method for manufacturing
the same, Hideharu Takezawa, Yasuhiko Bito, Hiromu
Matsuda, and Yoshinori Toyoguchi, Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,733,928 (20040511), Autoclavable electrochemical
cell, Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbach, Ltd.
U.S. 6,734,132 (20040511), Polymer electrolyte
fuel cell, electrode for it and method for producing
it, Masaru Yoshitake, Naoki Yoshida, Toyoaki Ishizaki,
and Shinji Terazono, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,734,651 (20040511), Battery backup system
with remote switch for actuating backup battery,
Norman Cook and Donald Cook, SimTech Systems,
LLC.
U.S. 6,734,652 (20040511), Battery charging safety
circuit, Gregory J. Smith, National Semiconductor
Corp.
U.S. 6,734,975 (20040511), Hydrogen contamination
monitoring and sensor evaluation system, John
P. Eblen Jr., Jeffrey H. Hunt, and Albert D. Tomassian,
The Boeing Co.
U.S. 6,735,953 (20040518), Turbomachine-driven
environmental control system, David Wolfe, Nguyen
Q. Minh, Kurt Meister, and Dan S. Matulich, Allied
Signal Inc.
U.S. 6,735,960 (20040518), Composition and method
for hydrogen storage, Wendy L. Mao and HoKwang
Mao, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
U.S. 6,736,017 (20040518), High throughput mechanical
rapid serial property testing of materials libraries,
Paul Mansky, Symyx Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,736,201 (20040518), Heat exchanger and/or
fluid mixing means, Brian Keith Watton, Keith
Thomas Symonds, and Steven Paul Symonds, Chart
Heat Exchangers Ltd. (GB).
U.S. 6,736,229 (20040518), Energy storage system
for a vehicle, Richard Thomas Amori, Josephine
S. Lee, Frank Louis Stellon, and Harold Diuguid
Wiard, Ford Motor Co.
U.S. 6,736,484 (20040518), 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 manufacturing
thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi
Nakamura, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,736,576 (20040518), Nut disengagement prevention
structure and battery terminal incorporating same,
Katsuya Suzuki and Gaku Fujii, Yazaki Corp. (JP).
U.S. 6,736,867 (20040518), Ethoxylated alkyl amine
emulsion compositions for fuel cell reformer start-up,
Ramesh Varadaraj and Paul Joseph Berlowitz, ExxonMobile
Research and Engineering Co.
U.S. 6,736,984 (20040518), Non-mechanical fabrication
of carbon-containing work pieces, Ilan Golecki,
Honeywell International Inc.
U.S. 6,737,037 (20040518), Solid state thermal
synthesis of lithium cobaltate, Chandrasekaran
Ramasamy, Mani Ariyanan, Vasudevan Thiagarajan,
and Gangadharan Ramaiyer, Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research (IN).
U.S. 6,737,104 (20040518), Manufacturing method
of anti-corrosive multi-layered structure material,
Yukihiro Suzuki, Keiji Hashimoto, and Yoshinari
Minamihama, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,737,113 (20040518), Method for improving
the uniformity of a wet coating on a substrate
using pick-and-place devices, William K. Leonard,
David W. Leonard, and Albert E Seaver, 3M Innovative
Properties Co.
U.S. 6,737,180 (20040518), Electrochemical conversion
system, Lonnie G Johnson, Johnson Electro Mechanical
Systems, LLC.
U.S. 6,737,181 (20040518), Methods and apparatuses
for a self-regulating gas displacement pump for
a fuel cell system, Gerhard Beckmann and Eric
J. Brown, MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,182 (20040518), Heated interconnect,
Kevin R Keegan, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,183 (20040518), Humidification device
for polymeric membrane fuel cells, Gabriele Mazzucchelli,
Massimo Brambilla, Gian Piero Fleba, and Antonio
Maggiore, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe Srl (IT).
U.S. 6,737,184 (20040518), Chemical hydride hydrogen
generation system and an energy system incorporating
the same, Ali RustaSellehy and David Frank,
Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).
U.S. 6,737,185 (20040518), Sodium gallium oxide
electrolyte additive for aluminum anode activation,
Louis G. Carreiro and Steven P. Tucker, The United
States of America.
U.S. 6,737,186 (20040518), Current collector for
SOFC fuel cells, Martin Janousek, Wolfgang Glatz,
and Kaspar Honegger, Plansee Aktiengesellschaft
(AT).
U.S. 6,737,187 (20040518), Closed battery, Akiyoshi
Takada, Kinji Saijo, Kazuo Yoshida, Nobuyuki Yoshimoto,
and Yoshihiko Isobe, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (JP)
and Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,737,188 (20040518), Seal for an electrochemical
cell, William Michael Stec, Eveready Battery Co.,
Inc.
U.S. 6,737,189 (20040518), Electrochemical cell
constructions and methods of making the same,
Mark D. Vandayburg, Paula J. Hughes, Mark A. Schubert,
Nghia C. Tang, Katherine E. Ayers, Alan D. Ayers,
John C. Bailey, and Neal C. White, Eveready Battery
Co., Inc.
U.S. 6,737,190 (20040518), Electronic apparatus,
Masahiko Chaya, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,737,191 (20040518), Double current collector
negative electrode design for alkali metal ion
electrochemical cells, Hong Gan, Robert S. Rubino,
and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd.
U.S. 6,737,192 (20040518), Terminal structure
of storage battery, Shuichi Yabuki, Keitaro Wada,
Kenji Nakano, and Ichiro Sano, The Furukawa Battery
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,737,193 (20040518), Tetraketopiperazine
unit-containing compound as an active material
in batteries, Teruo Umemoto, IM&T Research,
Inc.
U.S. 6,737,194 (20040518), Non-pyrophoric hydrogen
storage alloy, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T.
Young, and Baoquan Huang, Energy Conversion Devices,
Inc.
U.S. 6,737,195 (20040518), Positive active material
for rechargeable lithium battery and method of
preparing same, HoJin Kweon, HyunSook
Jung, YongChul Park, and GeunBae Kim,
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,737,196 (20040518), Method of making a
lithium polymer battery and battery made by the
method, Younhan Chang and Jungho Kim,
Samsung Display Devices Co., Ltd. (KR).
U.S. 6,737,197 (20040518), Encapsulated lithium
alloy electrodes having barrier layers, MayYing
Chu, Steven J. Visco, and Lutgard C. DeJonghe,
PolyPlus Battery Co.
U.S. 6,737,445 (20040518), Mesoporous carbons
and polymers, William Bell and Steven Dietz, TDA
Research, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,459 (20040518), Polyphenylene ether
group resin composite and methods of making articles,
Atsushi Ebisawa, Takuro Kitamura, Kazunari Kosaka,
Masaru Sato, and Shigeru Shimizu, General Electric
Co.
U.S. 6,737,463 (20040518), Nanomaterials and magnetic
media with coated nanostructured fillers and carriers,
Tapesh Yadav, Clayton Kostelecky, Evan Franke,
Bijan Miremadi, Ming Au, and Anthony Vigliotti,
NanoProducts Corp.
U.S. 6,737,480 (20040518), Low-contaminative hose
and rubber composition for use in making the same,
Hidehito Ikeda, Ayumu Ikemoto, and Yoshio Okado,
Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,737,829 (20040518), Portable electronic
device charger and a method for using the same,
Chintalapati Sastry, Janaki Technologies, Inc.
U.S. 6,737,830 (20040518), Battery charging using
a portable energy storage device, Heather N. Bean,
Mark N. Robins, and Matt Flach, HewlettPackard
Development Co, LP.
U.S. 6,737,831 (20040518), Method and apparatus
using a circuit model to evaluate cell/battery
parameters, Keith S. Champlin.
U.S. 6,737,832 (20040518), Power supply apparatus,
Hiroshi Uchida, NEC Corp (JP).
U.S. 6,738,252 (20040518), Carbon material for
electric double layer capacitor, method of producing
same, electric double layer capacitor and method
of fabricating same, Michio Okamura and Makoto
Takeuchi, JEOL, Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,739,385 (20040525), Plate-type heat exchanger,
Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, and Conrad Pfender,
Behr GmbH & Co. (DE).
U.S. 6,739,394 (20040525), Production of synthesis
gas from a hydrocarbon containing formation, Harold
J. Vinegar, Scott Lee Wellington, Eric Pierre
de Rouffignac, John Michael Karanikas, Ilya Emil
Berchenko, George Leo Stegemeier, Kevin Albert
Maher, Thomas David Fowler, Robert Charles Ryan,
Lanny Gene Schoeling, and Robert Martijn Van Hardeveld,
Shell Oil Co.
U.S. 6,739,522 (20040525), Injection system for
dosed injections of two liquids into a reaction
chamber, Hermann Josef Laumen, FEV Motorentechnik
GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,739,578 (20040525), Coupling mechanism
and valve system for a pressurized fluid container,
Russell H. Barton and Kenneth W. Strang, Ballard
Power Systems Inc. (CA).
U.S. 6,739,905 (20040525), Electric power strip
including a cell charging receptacle, Minoru Yokota,
Kawasaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,740,131 (20040525), Apparatus for automatically
fabricating fuel cell, Gary William Schukar, John
Russell Mlinar, Mark Hyland Smith, and Steven
Mark Spicer, 3M Innovative Properties Co.
U.S. 6,740,220 (20040525), Electrocatalytic cathode
device of palladium and iridium on a high density
or porous carbon support and a method for making
such a cathode, Maria G. Medeiros, Eric G. Dow,
Russell R. Bessette, and James M. Cichon, The
United States of America.
U.S. 6,740,224 (20040525), Method of manufacturing
carbon nanotubes, Jeanette M. Benavides, Henning
W. Leidecker, and Jeffrey Frazier, The United
States of America.
U.S. 6,740,287 (20040525), Method for making articles
from nanoparticulate materials, Romain Louis Billiet
and Hanh T. Nguyen.
U.S. 6,740,301 (20040525), Process for producing
a lithium transition metal sulphide, Andrew G.
Ritchie and Peter G. Bowles, QinetiQ Ltd. (GB).
U.S. 6,740,303 (20040525), Gas generating system
for a fuel cell system and method of operating
a gas generating system, Stefan Boneberg, Martin
Schaefer, Martin Schuessler, Erik Theis, and Ralf
Heuser, Ballard Power Systems AG (DE).
U.S. 6,740,351 (20040525), Method for production
of a regular multi-layer construction, in particular
for electrical double layer capacitors and the
corresponding device, Klaus Schoch, Werner Erhardt,
and Hartmut Michel, Epcos AG (DE).
U.S. 6,740,432 (20040525), Fuel cell system and
method for regulating liquid fuel for the same,
Hiroshi Shimanuki and Toshikatsu Katagiri, Honda
Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).
U.S. 6,740,433 (20040525), Method and apparatus
for monitoring a hydrogen containing gas stream,
Ralf Senner, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,740,434 (20040525), Organic fuel cell methods
and apparatus, Subbarao Surampudi, Sekharipuram
R Narayanan, Eugene Vamos, Harvey A. Frank, Gerald
Halpert, George A. Olah, and G. K. Surya Prakash,
California Institute of Technology.
U.S. 6,740,435 (20040525), System and method for
preparing fuel for fuel processing system, Leslie
L .Van Dine, Bryan Murach, Paul R. Margiott, and
Joshua D. Isom, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.
U.S. 6,740,436 (20040525), Hydrogen/oxygen generating
system with temperature control, Nai Sung Chou,
Choi Shiu Sum, Chou TeHung, and Hui Lin,
Natural Energy Resources.
U.S. 6,740,437 (20040525), Method and apparatus
for controlling a combined heat and power fuel
cell system, Arne W. Ballantine, Ryan Hallum,
John W. Parks, and Dustan L. Skidmore, Plug Power
Inc.
U.S. 6,740,438 (20040525), Cooling system for
fuel cells, Frank Thom, Forschungszentrum Julich
GmbH (DE).
U.S. 6,740,440 (20040525), Inexpensive dielectric
coolant for fuel cell stacks, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid,
Youssef Morcos Mikhail, Richard H. Blunk, and
Daniel John Lisi, General Motors Corp.
U.S. 6,740,441 (20040525), Metal current collect
protected by oxide film, Craig P. Jacobson, Steven
J. Visco, and Lutgard C. DeJonghe, The Regents
of the University of California.
U.S. 6,740,442 (20040525), Unit cell of flat solid
oxide fuel cell and fuel cell stack comprising
the same, Hibiki Itoh, Central Research Institute
of Electric Power Industry (JP).
U.S. 6,740,443 (20040525), Polymer electrolyte
fuel cell, Tatsuto Yamazaki, Yoshiaki Yamamoto,
Hiroki Kusakabe, Hideo Ohara, Nobuhiro Hase, and
Shinsuke Takeguchi, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd.(JP).
U.S. 6,740,444 (20040525), PEM fuel cell with
alternating ribbed anodes and cathodes, Marzio
Leban, HewlettPackard Development Co., LP.
U.S. 6,740,445 (20040525), Coated fuel cell electrodes,
Stephen Andreas Grot, Ion Power, Inc. (DE).
U.S. 6,740,446 (20040525), Electrochemical cell
with zigzag electrodes, Dennis A. Corrigan, Lin
Higley, Arthur Holland, Marshall Muller, and John
A. Smaga, Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.
U.S. 6,740,447 (20040525), Charge storage devices
with overlapping, folded electrodes, Sarkis Minas
Keshishian, Energy Storage Systems Pty. Ltd. (AU).
U.S. 6,740,448 (20040525), Modified electrochemical
hydrogen storage alloy having increased capacity,
rate capability and catalytic activity, Michael
A Fetcenko, Kwo Young, Stanford R. Ovshinsky,
Benjamin Reichman, John Koch, and William Mays,
Ovonic Battery Co., Inc.
U.S. 6,740,449 (20040525), Nickel electrode for
alkaline storage battery and method of manufacturing
the same, Chihiro Fujisawa, Takuya Tamagawa, and
Yoichiro Shibata, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,740,450 (20040525), Hydrogen-absorbing
alloy for battery, method for producing the same,
and alkaline storage battery using the same, Susumu
Kikuyama, Takashi Ebihara, Akiko Miyahara, Xianglong
Wang, and Kohji Yuasa, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,740,451 (20040525), Gold additive for a
cathode including nickel oxyhydroxide for an alkaline
battery, Paul A Christian, Stuart M. Davis, and
Tatjana Mezini, The Gillette Co.
U.S. 6,740,452 (20040525), Process of forming
a negative battery paste, Daxing Ma, Delphi Technologies,
Inc.
U.S. 6,740,453 (20040525), Electrochemical cell
with carbonaceous material and molybdenum carbide
as anode, Sohrab Hossain and Mohamed H. Khan,
Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.
U.S. 6,740,454 (20040525), Organic electrolytic
cell with a porous current collector, Nobuo Ando,
Masaki Yamaguchi, and Yukinori Hato, Kanebo Ltd.
(JP).
U.S. 6,741,064 (20040525), Power charging system
and related apparatus, SenHsiang Liu and
WeiChen Tu, Primax Electronics Ltd. (TW).
U.S. 6,741,065 (20040525), Electric device and
method for charging and discharging battery unit
of the same, Hiroshi Ishii, Takashi Aoki, and
Nobuhito Ohnuma, Tokyo R & D Co., Ltd. (JP).
U.S. 6,741,066 (20040525), Power management for
battery powered appliances, William L. Densham,
Vlad Mihail PopescuStanesti, and Constantin
Spiridon, OMicro International Ltd.
U.S. 6,741,437 (20040525), Safety device for electrical
storage cell battery and battery equipped with
the device, JeanLuc Vanhee, Alcatel (FR).
U.S. 6,741,450 (20040525), Electric double-layer
capacitor and method for preparing the same, Yutaka
Nakazawa, Ryuichi Kasahara, and Koji Sakata, NEC
Tokin Corp. (JP).
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