U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1287 (October 2004)

U.S. 6,800,100 (20041005), Battery constructed with indexing conveyor system and continuous terminal chain, Morgan Rey Benson, Bruce Everett Lasley, and Robert Thomas Wendling, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,800,222 (20041005), Electrode for electric double-layer capacitor, and slurry for forming the same, Minoru Noguchi, Manabu Iwaida, Naohiko Oki, Eisuke Komazawa, Takahiro Takeshita, and Kenichi Murakami, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,800,258 (20041005), Apparatus for producing hydrogen, Erling Reidar Andersen (NO) and Erling Jim Andersen (CA).

U.S. 6,800,323 (20041005), Porously coated open-structure substrate and method of manufacture thereof, Alfred I-Tsung Pan, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,800,328 (20041005), Process for impregnating porous parts, Paul Po Hang Fong, Emerson R Gallagher, and Svetlana Loif, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,800,385 (20041005), Cooling fan system for a vehicle with fuel cell propulsion, Klaus-Peter Harth, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,800,386 (20041005), Fuel processor, Xingwu Wang, Huihui Duan, and Bigang Min, Nanoset, LLC.

U.S. 6,800,387 (20041005), Fuel cell system and method for operating the same, Toshiaki Shimada, Yoshio Nuiya, and Takahiro Kuriiwa, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,800,388 (20041005), Catalyst composition, Hiroaki Kaneko and Fumihiro Haga, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,389 (20041005), Heat exchange system, Syuji Hirakata, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,800,390 (20041005), Fuel cell power plant, Naoto Kashiwagi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,391 (20041005), Membrane electrode assemblies for direct methanol fuel cells and methods for their production, Madeline Odgaard and Steen Yde-Andersen, IRD Fuel Cell A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,800,392 (20041005), Niobium alloy and hydrogen permeation membrane produced from it, Uwe Jantsch, Harald Manhardt, and David Francis Lupton, W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,800,393 (20041005), Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems, Sadeg M. Faris, Reveo, Inc.

U.S. 6,800,394 (20041005), Lithium secondary battery, Kenshin Kitoh and Hiroshi Nemoto, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,395 (20041005), Secondary battery of proton conductive polymer, Tomoki Nobuta, Toshihiko Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kamisuki, Gaku Harada, Masato Kurosaki, Yuuji Nakagawa, Shinya Yoshida, and Masaya Mitani, NEC Tokin Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,396 (20041005), Nickel hydroxide coated with cobaltous hydroxide, Viktor Stoller, Michael Erb, Armin Olbrich, and Juliane Meese-Marktscheffel, H. C. Starck GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,800,397 (20041005), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and process for the preparation thereof, Mikio Okada, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,398 (20041005), Alkaline storage battery pole plate and production method for alkaline storage battery pole plate and alkaline storage battery, Satoshi Furuya, Gota Asano, Masaharu Miyahisa, Ayahito Shiosaki, Yoshihisa Inaba, and Yoshiyuki Tada, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,800,399 (20041005), Non-sintered thin electrode for battery, battery using same and process for same, Isao Matsumoto (JP).

U.S. 6,800,400 (20041005), Lithium secondary battery, Taeko Ota, Ryuji Ohshita, and Maruo Kamino, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,801,014 (20041005), Battery equalizer using total string current, Ehsan Chitsazan, Doug Westrom, Joey Goodroe, and John Gary Batson, ARRIS International, Inc.

U.S. 6,801,016 (20041005), Matching cells for a battery pack, Steven Davis and Esther S. Takeuchi, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,801,017 (20041005), Charger for rechargeable nickel-zinc battery, Jeffrey Phillips, PowerGenix Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,801,040 (20041005), Electronic battery tester with battery failure temperature determination, Kevin I. Bertness, J. David Vonderhaar, Dennis V. Brown, and James K. Klang, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,802,747 (20041012), Connector for a battery cable clamp, Charles M. Orange, Batlok, LLC.

U.S. 6,802,875 (20041012), Hydrogen supply system for fuel cell, Masahiko Kimbara and Yoshihiro Isogai, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho (JP).

U.S. 6,802,889 (20041012), Pressure swing adsorption system for gas separation, David Ross Graham, James Michael Occhialini, and Pushpinder Singh Puri, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 6,802,917 (20041012), Perforated current collectors for storage batteries and electrochemical cells, having improved resistance to corrosion, Klaus Tomantschger, David L. Limoges, Peter K. Lin, and Gino Palumbo, Integran Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,803,027 (20041012), Molecular decomposition process for the synthesis of nanosize ceramic and metallic powders, Anil Vasudeo Virkar and Sanjeevani Vidyadhar Bhide, University of Utah Research Foundation.

U.S. 6,803,029 (20041012), Process for reducing metal catalyzed coke formation in hydrocarbon processing, Gunther H. Dieckmann, Chevron USA Inc.

U.S. 6,803,103 (20041012), Condrapable hydrophobic nonwoven web and method of making same, Michael Kauschke, Mordechai Turi, Horst Ring, and Sabine Borst, First Quality Nonwovens and Schill & Seilacher Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,803,136 (20041012), Stacking and manifolding of unitized solid oxide fuel cells, Estela Ong and Nguyen Minh, Hybrid Power Generation Systems, LLC.

U.S. 6,803,137 (20041012), Fuel cell, Yasumitsu Ito, Suzuki Motor Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,138 (20041012), Ceramic electrolyte coating methods, Matthew M. Seabaugh, Scott L. Swartz, William J. Dawson, and Buddy E. McCormick, NexTech Materials, Ltd.

U.S. 6,803,139 (20041012), Electrically conductive resinous composition, fuel cell separator and production thereof, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuo Saito, Atsushi Hagiwara, Yasuo Imashiro, Naofumi Horie, Fumio Tanno, and Tsutomu Uehara, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,140 (20041012), Gallate based complex oxide electrolyte material, Tatsuo Sugiyama, Kazuo Matsuo, Fumio Munakata, and Yoshio Akimune, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,141 (20041012), High power density solid oxide fuel cells, Ai Quoc Pham and Robert S. Glass, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,803,142 (20041012), Fuel cell, Hideyuki Tanaka, Toru Bisaka, Akira Aoto, Hiroaki Nishiumi, Yutaka Hotta, Shunichi Shibasaki, and Susumu Oda, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,803,143 (20041012), Gas diffusion structures and gas diffusion electrodes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Ralf Zuber, Armin Bayer, Knut Fehl, Volker Banisch, and Thomas Lehmann, Umicore AG & Co. KG (DE).

U.S. 6,803,144 (20041012), Battery pack for electronic device, Jussi Hovi, Mika Kanninen, Jari Astala, and Nina Nummentalo, Nokia Corp. (FI).

U.S. 6,803,145 (20041012), Flat lithium cell, Bodo von During, Elion AG (CH).

U.S. 6,803,146 (20041012), Battery terminal and method for making the same, Tony E. Key, John Black Barclay Jr., and Steven G. Kensinger, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,803,147 (20041012), Silver vanadium oxide having low internal resistance and method of manufacture, Esther S. Takeuchi and Marcus Palazzo, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,803,148 (20041012), Nickel positive electrode plate and akaline storage battery, Soryu Nakayama, Kohji Yuasa, and Hideo Kaiya, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,149 (20041012), Non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery, Kenji Nakai, Yoshimasa Koishikawa, Youshin Yagi, and Kensuke Hironaka, Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,150 (20041012), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, method for manufacturing the same, and carbonaceous material composition, Jiro Iriyama, Tamaki Nakahashi, and Tomoyuki Ohta, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,151 (20041012), Electrode, Rongrong Chen and John Lewis Ayres, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,803,152 (20041012), Nonaqueous electrolytes based on organosilicon ammonium derivatives for high-energy power sources, Elena M. Shembel, Oleg V. Chervakov, Natalya I. Globa, and Peter Novak, ENER1 Battery Co.

U.S. 6,803,423 (20041012), (Meth)acryloyl group-modified ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, production method thereof and rubber composition, Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Toshihiro Nishimura, Motoharu Higuchi, Minoru Tanaka, and Shoei Tsuji, JSR Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,437 (20041012), Process for producing a tetrafluoroethylene polymer having high strength, Shigeki Kobayashi, Jun Hoshikawa, Kazuo Kato, Hiroki Kamiya, and Hiroyuki Hirai, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd (JP)..

U.S. 6,803,474 (20041012), Mn4O4-cubane type catalysts, Gerard C Dismukes and Wolfgang F Ruettinger, The Trustees of Princeton University.

U.S. 6,803,742 (20041012), Solar rechargeable battery, Joseph Visciano.

U.S. 6,803,743 (20041012), Jump start and reverse battery protection circuit, Terry A. George and John V. Caputo, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,803,744 (20041012), Alignment independent and self aligning inductive power transfer system, Anthony Sabo.

U.S. 6,803,745 (20041012), Battery pack charging apparatus and method, Junji Nishida and Shinya Manabe, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,803,746 (20041012), Fast charger for high capacity batteries, John F. Aker and James R. Wade, Aker Wade Power Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 6,803,766 (20041012), Battery pack voltage detection apparatus, Tetsuya Kobayashi and Hiroshi Fujita, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,804,098 (20041012), Charge/discharge protection circuit for a rechargeable battery, Axel Pannwitz, Dialog Semiconductor GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,804,100 (20041012), Method and apparatus for protection of batteries, Jari Astala, Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd. (FI).

U.S. 6,804,108 (20041012), Electrochemical double layer capacitor having carbon powder electrodes, Chenniah Nanjundiah, Richard P. Braun, Raymond T. E. Christie, and C. Joseph Farahmandi, Maxwell Electronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,804,557 (20041012), Battery monitoring system for an implantable medical device, Mark W. Kroll, Pacesetter, Inc.

U.S. 6,805,090 (20041019), Charge control system for a vehicle battery, Kevin I. Bertness, James K. Klang, and Michael Cox, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,805,553 (20041019), Catalytic burner for a fuel gas generating stack system, Ingo Hermann and Hans-Gerd Dusterwald, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,805,593 (20041019), Quick connect battery terminal, James R. Spaulding, Olimpia Maria Hernandez, Todd E. Durocher, Craig Rodriguez, and Bernard W. Stone, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,805,719 (20041019), Balanced anode electrode, Paul B. Aamodt, Karl Hokanson, and Sonja K. Somdahl, Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. 6,805,720 (20041019), Electrode and gel electrolyte cell production method, Etsushi Yajima, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, and Kazuhiko Soji, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,721 (20041019), Fuel processor thermal management system, Steven D. Burch, Steven G. Goebel, and William H. Pettit.

U.S. 6,805,785 (20041019), Production method of sintered-type nickel positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery, Tetsuo Nanno, Yohei Hattori, and Fumihiko Yoshii, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,816 (20041019), Method of producing .-conjugated polymers, Lambertus Groenendaal, Friedrich Jonas, Harald Pielartzik, Helmut Ritter, and Joachim Storsberg, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,805,846 (20041019), Compact reactor capable of being charged with catalytic material for use in a hydrogen generation/fuel cell system, Cory Phillips, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,805,850 (20041019), CO-shift device, Takashi Ishikawa, Aisin Seiki Kabushki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,805,922 (20041019), Mono-, oligo- and polyalkylidenefluorenes and their use as charge transport materials, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Louise Diane Farrand, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,805,983 (20041019), Activation of electrochemical cells with catalyst electrodes, Zhigang Qi and Arthur Kaufman, H Power Corp.

U.S. 6,805,984 (20041019), Cooling fan system for a vehicle with fuel cell propulsion, Klaus-Peter Harth, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,805,985 (20041019), Fuel cell and fuel cell system, Atsuo Yamada and Masafumi Ata, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,986 (20041019), Gasket for fuel battery, Yuichi Kuroki, NOK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,987 (20041019), Method and apparatus for monitoring equivalent series resistance and for shunting a fuel cell, Lijun Bai, David R. Lott, and Vanell L. Martin, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,805,988 (20041019), Humidifying apparatus for fuel cell, Hiroshi Shimanuki, Kouji Katano, Yoshio Kusano, and Toshikatsu Katagiri, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,805,989 (20041019), Separator for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell and process for producing the same, Masahiro Seido, Tatsuya Tonogi, and Tsutomu Yamanaka, Hitachi Cable, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,990 (20041019), Flat plate fuel cell stack, Brian Gorbell, Fuelcell Energy, Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 6,805,991 (20041019), Nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery, Takao Abe, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,992 (20041019), Battery and portable device, Kiyoshi Hanafusa and Hiroichi Ishida, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,805,993 (20041019), Rechargeable battery with temperature controlled switch, Tsuyoshi Kaito, Shinji Mino, and Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,994 (20041019), Solid electrolyte cell having a rolled electrolyte body, Goro Shibamoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,995 (20041019), Sealed cylindrical nickel-metal hydride storage battery, Takeshi Yoshinaka, Yamamoto, Toru Inagaki, Yasushi Nakamura, Futoshi Tanigawa, Hideo Kaiya, and Hiroki Takeshima, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,996 (20041019), Positive electrode active material, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell and method for preparation thereof, Yosuke Hosoya, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,997 (20041019), Battery, Hitoshi Katayama, I•D•X Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,805,998 (20041019), Method and apparatus for integrated-battery devices, Mark Lynn Jenson and Jody Jon Klaassen, Cymbet Corp.

U.S. 6,805,999 (20041019), Buried anode lithium thin film battery and process for forming the same, Se-Hee Lee, C. Edwin Tracy, and Ping Liu, Midwest Research Institute.

U.S. 6,806,000 (20041019), Post seal for lead acid batteries, Sudhan S. Misra, Drew D. Heimer, and Gregory Scharff, C&D Charter Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 6,806,001 (20041019), Battery in bipolar stacked configuration and method for the production thereof, Gabor Benczur-Uermoessy, Marita Gesierich, Detlef Ohms, and Klaus Wiesener, Deutsche Automobilgesellschaft mbH (DE).

U.S. 6,806,002 (20041019), Electrolytic composition with polymer base for electrochemical generator, Alain Vallee, Michel Armand, Yves Choquette, Andre Belanger, Michel Gauthier, Michel Perrier, Karim Zaghib, Estelle Potvin, and Simon Besner, Hydro-Quebec (CA) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR).

U.S. 6,806,003 (20041019), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode containing carbon fibers and carbon flakes, Akira Yamaguchi, Shinji Hatake, Atsuo Omaru, and Masayuki Nagamine, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,806,004 (20041019), Polymeric solid electrolyte and lithium secondary cell using the same, Kazuya Iwamoto, Takafumi Oura, Shinji Nakanishi, Atsushi Ueda, and Hizuru Koshina, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,806,343 (20041019), Method of preparing a stable, low pH phenolic resin, Kathleen H. Coventry-Saylor, CertainTeed Corp.

U.S. 6,806,374 (20041019), Mono-, oligo- and poly-3-(1,1-difluoroalkyl)thiophenes and their use as charge transport materials, Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, and Iain McCulloch, Merck Patent GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,806,629 (20041019), Amorphous diamond materials and associated methods for the use and manufacture thereof, Chien-Min Sung (TW).

U.S. 6,806,671 (20041019), Power supply system and power supply method, Yasushi Kusaka and Kimitoshi Tsuji, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,806,678 (20041019), Battery charger, David D. Holmes, Relion, Inc.

U.S. 6,806,679 (20041019), Low internal impedance current pool for a charging/discharging device, Tai-Her Yang (TW).

U.S. 6,806,680 (20041019), Portable battery charger, Jeffrey M. Zeiler, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

U.S. 6,806,681 (20041019), Battery holder, Michael Cheiky and Robert B. Nimocks, Zinc Matrix Power, Inc.

U.S. 6,806,684 (20041019), Battery pack, Hirotsugu Matsuyama, NEC Infrontia Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,806,685 (20041019), Accumulator power supply unit, Makoto Suzuki and Takaya Sato, Nisshinbo Ind Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,806,686 (20041019), Charge balancing circuit, Guy C. Thrap, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,806,716 (20041019), Electronic battery tester, Kevin I. Bertness and Jamey Butteris.

U.S. 6,807,067 (20041019), Battery-locking mechanism, YongHeng Zhou, Hon Hai Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,808,549 (20041026), Hydrogen absorption alloy electrode, Shinichiro Ito, Hajime Seri, Kojiro Ito, Shinichi Yuasa, and Nobuyasu Morishita, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,808,570 (20041026), Fin and tube for high-temperature heat exchanger, Akira Mitsuhashi, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,696 (20041026), Method of preparing nanosized spherical vanadium oxide particle, Jae-young Choi, Do-young Seung, Duck-young Yoo, and Min-seuk Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,808,746 (20041026), Multilayer carbon nanotube films and method of making the same, Liming Dai and Shaoming Huang, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Campell (AU).

U.S. 6,808,832 (20041026), Fuel cell humidifying system, Motohiro Suzuki, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Hiroshi Shimanuki, and Yoshio Kusano, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,808,833 (20041026), Fuel supply for a fuel cell, Loren E .Johnson, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,808,834 (20041026), Fuel cell stack with cooling fins and use of expanded graphite in fuel cells, Petra Koschany, Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

U.S. 6,808,835 (20041026), System for the humidification of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Kevin J. Green, Michael J. Freeman, and William R. Slee, Qinetiq Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,808,836 (20041026), Air supply system for fuel cell, Hidefumi Mori, Ryuta Kawaguchi, Masato Sowa, and Takashi Ban, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho (JP).

U.S. 6,808,837 (20041026), Enclosed fuel cell system and related method, Robert S. Hirsch, MTI Microfuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,808,838 (20041026), Direct methanol fuel cell and system, Mahlon S. Wilson, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,808,839 (20041026), Fuel cell, and collector plate thereof, Takahashi Tsuyoshi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,808,840 (20041026), Silicon-based fuel cell electrode structures and fuel cell electrode stack assemblies, Jonathan C. Mallari and Chung M. Chan, Neah Power Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,808,841 (20041026), Battery terminal unit provided with a current sensor, Shigekazu Wakata, Masanori Wakui, Hisao Niwa, and Naohiko Suzuki, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,842 (20041026), Battery pack, Kabir Siddiqui and Jeremy Jacobson, Microsoft Corp.

U.S. 6,808,843 (20041026), Battery, especially flat cell, Bodo von During, Elion AG (CH).

U.S. 6,808,844 (20041026), Battery pack, Yukio Ehara, GS-Melcotec Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,845 (20041026), Electrode metal material, capacitor and battery formed of the material and method of producing the material and the capacitor and battery, Seiji Nonaka, Masakazu Tanahashi, Mikinari Shimada, Tamao Kojima, and Munehiro Tabata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,846 (20041026), Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, Takuya Hashimoto, Atsushi Fukui, Hiroshi Nakamura, and Shin Fujitani, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,847 (20041026), Alkaline cell with improved cathode including copper hydroxide and a sulfur additive, Francis P. Wang, James Rozelle, J Simon Xue, David Anglin, Alexander Scheglov, and Joseph Drennan, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,808,848 (20041026), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells, Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Toshiyuki Nohma, and Ikuo Yonezu, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,808,849 (20041026), Negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrochemical cells, Grant M. Ehrlich, Yardney Technical Products, Inc.

U.S. 6,809,060 (20041026), Aerogel type platinum-ruthenium-carbon catalyst, method for manufacturing the same and direct methanol fuel cell comprising the same, Dong Jin Suh, Tae-Jin Park, Young-Hyun Yoon, Kang Hee Lee, and Il Gon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR).

U.S. 6,809,433 (20041026), Capacitor unit with electric double layer capacitors, control method and control apparatus for the same, and accumulator system for motor vehicles, Ryutaro Nozu, Nisshinbo Industries Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,809,500 (20041026), Power supply apparatuses and power supply operational methods, John Cummings, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,809,501 (20041026), Method of improving fuel economy, Nick S. Kapsokavathis, Yaang Zhao, and David W. Walters, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,809,502 (20041026), Storage battery control apparatus and control method thereof, Hiroshi Tsujii, Hideto Hanada, Ken Kuretake, Masanori Sugiura, and Takashi Kawai, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,809,649 (20041026), Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery, Heino Wendelrup and Magnus Hansson, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson(publ) (SE).