U.S. BATTERY AND FUEL CELL PATENTS

Official Gazette, Volume 1296 (July 2005)

U.S. 6,913,483 (20050705), Cable for electronic battery tester, Harvey A. Restaino and Edward J. Amato, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,913,676 (20050705), Device for supplying at least two liquid media to consumers of a fuel cell system, Michael Nau, Manfred Ruoff, Marc Bareis, Frank Ilgner, and Horst Harndorf, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,913,677 (20050705), Hydrogen sensor, Shoji Kitanoya, Norihiko Nadanami, Tomonori Kondo, Masaya Watanabe, and Noboru Ishida, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,738 (20050705), System for removing carbon monoxide and method for removing carbon monoxide, Mitsuaki Echigo, Minoru Suzuki, and Osamu Okada, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,739 (20050705), Platinum group metal promoted copper oxidation catalysts and methods for carbon monoxide remediation, Lawrence Shore, Wolfgang F. Ruettinger, and Robert J. Farrauto, Engelhard Corp.

U.S. 6,913,825 (20050705), Process for making mesoporous silicate nanoparticle coatings and hollow mesoporous silica nano-shells, Agnes E. Ostafin, Robert Nooney, and Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame du Lac.

U.S. 6,913,844 (20050705), Method for humidifying reactant gases for use in a fuel cell, Kenneth R. Butcher and Donald E. Floyd II, Porvair Corp.

U.S. 6,913,845 (20050705), Reducing fuel cell cathode potential during startup and shutdown, Timothy A. Bekkedahl, Lawrence J. Bregoli, Richard D. Breault, Emily A. Dykeman, Jeremy P. Meyers, Timothy W. Patterson, Tommy Skiba, Chris Vargas, Deliang Yang, and Jung S. Yi, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,913,846 (20050705), Integrated fuel cell system, Jeffrey E. Ingraham and Richard H. Cutright, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,913,847 (20050705), Fuel cell system having a hydrogen sensor, Brian Wells and Kenneth W. Strang, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,913,848 (20050705), Fuel cell reactant control, Michael M. Walsh, Plug Power Inc.

U.S. 6,913,849 (20050705), Method of screening compositions for electrocatalytic activity in a gas diffusion electrode, Thomas E. Mallouk, Eugene S. Smotkin, Benny C. Chan, Guoying Chen, and Renxuan Liu, UOP LLC.

U.S. 6,913,850 (20050705), Thin film modular electrochemical product and method of manufacture thereof, Scott R. Sehlin and Vincent L. Sprenkle, Litton Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,913,851 (20050705), Polyether polymer compounds as well as ion conductible polymer compositions and electrochemical devices using the same, Masahito Nishiura and Michiyuki Kono, Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,852 (20050705), Battery module and container for battery module, Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Yoshito Chikano, Kazunari Ohkita, Ikuo Yonezu, and Koji Nishio, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,853 (20050705), Integral battery and recharger, Bryan Insley, Uni-Lite International Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 6,913,854 (20050705), Method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces, Randall Alberte, Harold J. Bright, Clare Reimers, and Leonard M. Tender, Rutgers, The State University of NJ and The United States of America.

U.S. 6,913,855 (20050705), Method of synthesizing electrochemically active materials from a slurry of precursors, Johnnie Stoker and James Hodge, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,913,856 (20050705), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Takao Nirasawa, Hidetoshi Ito, and Atsuo Omaru, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,913,998 (20050705), Vapor-deposited porous films for energy conversion, Alan F. Jankowski, Jeffrey P. Hayes, and Jeffrey D. Morse, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,914,084 (20050705), Membranes containing sulfonated polyetherketone and another polymer, method for the production and use thereof, Thomas Soczka-Guth, Christoph Padberg, and Georg Frank, Celanese Ventures GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,914,111 (20050705), Ion exchange polymer dispersion and process for its production, Atsushi Mukoyama and Azusa Ishisaki, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,914,412 (20050705), Assembly for utilizing residual battery energy, Xingwu Wang and Robert Allen Fransman, Nanoset, LLC.

U.S. 6,914,413 (20050705), Alternator tester with encoded output, Kevin I. Bertness and Michael E. Troy, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,914,414 (20050705), Cooling device for battery pack and rechargeable battery, Shinji Hamada, Takashi Asahina, Toyohiko Eto, and Ko Watanabe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,914,415 (20050705), Battery adaptor to facilitate reconditioning in a smart charger, William C. Bohne and Bradley E. Long, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,914,416 (20050705), Electrical device including a voltage regulator mounted on a variable resistor, Brian Thomas, Jean-Marc Beaufils, Adrian Cogan, Bernard Dallemange, Gilles Gozlan, Jiyuan Luan, Neill Thornton, and James Toth, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 6,914,417 (20050705), Electrical energy systems, power supply apparatuses, and electrical energy supply methods, John Cummings, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,914,768 (20050705), Electrical double-layer capacitor, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Kenji Sato, Masayuki Takeda, and Hideo Nagaoka, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,915,220 (20050705), Integrated, self-powered battery monitoring device and system, Mark E. Cardinal, Robert Dean King, and James Patrick Francis Lyons, General Electric Co.

U.S. 6,915,869 (20050712), Power generation system and method, Jean Joseph Botti, Malcolm James Grieve, and Carl Elmer Miller, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,443 (20050712), High differential pressure electrochemical cell, Thomas Skoczylas, Matthew Christopher, Jason K. Shiepe, Mark E. Dristy, and Trent M. Molter, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,458 (20050712), Process for producing hydrogen-containing gas, Yasuhiro Kushida, Masayuki Katagiri, Hutoshi Ikoma, Shigeyuki Hirose, Yasushi Hiramatsu, and Mikio Yoneoka, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,562 (20050712), Hydrocarbon hydroconversion process for the production of hydrogen, hydroprocessed hydrocarbons and electricity, Johan Willem Gosselink, Michiel Jan Groeneveld, Andreas Karl Nowak, and Antonius Adrianus Maria Roovers, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 6,916,563 (20050712), Discharged fuel diluter and discharged fuel dilution-type fuel cell system, Akio Yamamoto, Satoshi Aoyagi, Masami Ogura, Yoshikazu Murakami, Kazunori Fukuma, and Takatsugu Koyama, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,916,564 (20050712), High-efficiency fuel cell power system with power generating expander, Lawrence G. Clawson, Christopher J. O’Brien, and Mark R. Hagan, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,565 (20050712), Power supply system, fuel pack constituting the system, and device driven by power generator and power supply system, Masaharu Shioya, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,566 (20050712), System and method for rapid preheating of an automotive fuel cell, George Steve Saloka and James A. Adams, Ford Motor Co.

U.S. 6,916,567 (20050712), Regenerative dryer device and method for water recovery, primarily in the cathode side, of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Joe Cargnelli, Jianming Ye, Xuesong Chen, Ravi B Gopal, and David Frank, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 6,916,568 (20050712), Fuel cell module with heat exchange and electricity exchange functions, Jin-Chin Guan and Ming-Tarng Yeh, Hsu-Yang Technologies Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 6,916,569 (20050712), Fuel cell comprising a solid electrolyte layer, Emad Batawi and Kaspar Honegger, Sulzer Hexis AG (CH).

U.S. 6,916,570 (20050712), Oxygen ion conducting materials, John Vaughey, Michael Krumpelt, Xiaoping Wang, and J. David Carter, The University of Chicago.

U.S. 6,916,571 (20050712), PEM fuel cell passive water management, Albert P. Grasso, Glenn W. Scheffler, Leslie L. Van Dine, Brian F. Dufner, and Richard D. Breault, UTC Fuel Cells, LLC.

U.S. 6,916,572 (20050712), Interlocking isolator for fuel cells, Jorgen Schjerning Lundsgaard and Henning Frederiksen, IRD Fuel Cells A/S (DK).

U.S. 6,916,573 (20050712), PEM fuel cell stack without gas diffusion media, Thomas A. Trabold and Michael R. Schoeneweiss, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,916,574 (20050712), Method for forming a fuel cell electrode using a resole binder, Phillip A. Waitkus, Bohumir B. Lepeska, Theodore N. Morrison, and Paschal A. Sciarra, Plastics Engineering Co.

U.S. 6,916,575 (20050712), Polymer electrolyte type fuel cell, Yoshihiro Hori, Masato Hosaka, Junji Nikura, Kazuhito Hatoh, Teruhisa Kanbara, Takeshi Yonamine, and Hiroaki Matsuoka, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,576 (20050712), Power generating method and cell, Tadashi Sotomura, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,577 (20050712), Alkaline cell with polymer electrolyte, C. Robert Parent, Jonathan M. Boulton, and Radek Fooksa, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,916,578 (20050712), Positive electrode active material for secondary cell, method for producing the same and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising the same, Atsushi Funabiki and Hideo Yasuda, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,579 (20050712), Cathode material for lithium battery, Vadim Gorchkov, Peter Novak, and Oleg Volkov, Ener1 Battery Co.

U.S. 6,916,580 (20050712), Positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, method for preparing the same and battery containing the same, Jae-Phil Cho, Byung-Woo Park, Yong-Jeong Kim, and Tae-Jun Kim, Samsung SDE Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,916,581 (20050712), Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery, Noriyuki Tamura, Ryuji Ohshita, and Maruo Kamino, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,916,679 (20050712), Methods of and device for encapsulation and termination of electronic devices, Shawn W. Snyder, Pawan K. Bhat, and Shefall Jaiswal, Infinite Power Solutions, Inc.

U.S. 6,916,764 (20050712), Pt-Ru-M1-M2 quaternary metal catalyst based on Pt-Ru for direct methanol fuel cell, Kyoung Hwan Choi, Seol-ah Lee, Yung-eun Sung, Kyung-won Park, and Jong-ho Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,916,853 (20050712), Compositions containing particles of highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer, Dennis Edward Curtin and Edward George Howard Jr., E. I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 6,916,872 (20050712), Non-spherical nanopowder derived nanocomposites, Tapesh Yadav and Clayton Kostelecky, NanoProducts Corp.

U.S. 6,917,094 (20050712), Electrode for electric double layer capacitor, Kenichi Murakami, Manabu Iwaida, Shigeki Oyama, Toshiaki Fukushima, Tomohiko Kawaguchi, Kouki Ozaki, and Masanori Tsutsui, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP), No-Tape Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP), and Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,917,181 (20050712), Power supply unit, distributed power supply system and electric vehicle loaded therewith, Akihiko Emori, Takuya Kinoshita, and Hideki Miyazaki, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,917,182 (20050712), Method and system for providing induction charging having improved efficiency, Andrew F. Burton, Joseph Patino, and Russell L. Simpson, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 6,917,183 (20050712), Battery pack for sterile transfer battery container, B. Alex Barlev and Eric N. Stubkjaer, Linvatec Corp.

U.S. 6,917,184 (20050712), Li-ion/Li-polymer battery charger configured to be DC-powered from multiple types of wall adapters, Zheren Lai, Edward Bordeaux, and Zen Wu, Intersil Americas Inc.

U.S. 6,917,505 (20050712), Secondary batteries having a protective circuit, Norikazu Iwasaki, Hisaya Tamura, Kazutaka Furuta, and Masami Kawazu, Sony Chemicals Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,918,430 (20050719), Onboard hydrogen storage unit with heat transfer system for use in a hydrogen powered vehicle, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Rosa Young, Yang Li, and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 6,918,559 (20050719), Method of slitting a battery separator-use resin film object and such a battery separator-use resin film object, Atsuhiro Takata, Ryuma Kuroda, Satoshi Hanada, and Takeshi Yamada, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,918,946 (20050719), Applications of light-emitting nanoparticles, Brian A. Korgel, Paul Thurk, and Keith P. Johnston, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System.

U.S. 6,919,035 (20050719), Metal oxide coated polymer substrates, Thomas J. Clough, Ensci Inc.

U.S. 6,919,055 (20050719), Hydrogen supply device, Yasuo Kondo, Tadayoshi Terao, and Kiyoshi Kawaguchi, Denso Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,062 (20050719), Permreactor and separator type fuel processors for production of hydrogen and hydrogen, carbon oxides mixtures, Savvas Vasileiadis and Zoe Ziaka, Savvas P. Vasileiadis and PhD Chemical Engineering.

U.S. 6,919,066 (20050719), Preparation of catalysts having low volume shrinkage, Markus Holzle, Michael Jolyon Sprague, Klaus Harth, and Wolfgang Jurgen Popel, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 6,919,141 (20050719), Phosphate additives for nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable electrochemical cells, Hong Gan, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Robert Rubino, Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,919,142 (20050719), Conducting polymer additives for alkaline electrochemical cell having zinc anode, Ernest Ndzebet, Rovcal, Inc.

U.S. 6,919,143 (20050719), Positive active material composition for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery fabricated using same, Duck Chul Hwang, Yun Suk Choi, Soo Seok Choi, Jea Woan Lee, Yong Ju Jung, Joo Soak Kim, and Zin Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,919,144 (20050719), Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell and method of manufacturing the same, Shinya Miyazaki and Nobumichi Nishida, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,145 (20050719), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution type secondary battery, Minoru Kotato, Takashi Fujii, Noriko Shima, and Hitoshi Suzuki, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,508 (20050719), Build-up structures with multi-angle vias for chip to chip interconnects and optical bussing, Robert Forcier, FlipChip International.

U.S. 6,919,706 (20050719), Voltage measuring circuit of battery pack, Kimihiko Furukawa, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,707 (20050719), Battery power source device, method for controlling the same, and method for providing address, Hirokazu Kawai and Masahiro Kadono, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,919,708 (20050719), Electrical storage circuitry operational methods, John Cummings, Valence Technology, Inc.

U.S. 6,919,709 (20050719), Battery charger, Christophe Rouverand and Vincent Lomba, Alcatel (FR).

U.S. 6,919,725 (20050719), Electronic battery tester/charger with integrated battery cell temperature measurement device, Kevin I. Bertness and J. David Vonderhaar, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 6,919,811 (20050719), Charger detection and enable circuit, Vladislav Potanin and Elena Potanina, National Semiconductor Corp.

U.S. 6,920,341 (20050719), Secondary battery control circuit, Tatsuya Fukunishi, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,920,404 (20050719), Method of detecting residual capacity of secondary battery, Kenji Yamanaka, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,920,898 (20050726), High-pressure valve, Rolf Lappan, Martin Nowak, Michael Benra, and Dirk Hunkel, Pierburg GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,920,920 (20050726), Heat exchanger, William A. Whittenberger, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 6,920,948 (20050726), DC power supply using fuel cell, Hiroshi Sugiura, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Nobuo Watanabe, and Kouta Manabe, Toyoda Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,921,089 (20050726), Battery module gasket, William S. Groh and Christopher E. Mainini, Radio Systems Corp.

U.S. 6,921,148 (20050726), Liquid drop discharge head, 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 manufacture thereof; and device incorporating backing, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof, Shinichi Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yamada, and Tsuyoshi Kitahara, Seiko Epson Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,285 (20050726), Battery pack system for hand power tools, Rainer Glauning, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 6,921,286 (20050726), Light emitting diode jumper cables, Robert Fernandez.

U.S. 6,921,459 (20050726), Process for making a sheet of aramid fibers using a foamed medium, Homan B. Kinsley Jr. and Christopher B. Peart, FiberMark, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,463 (20050726), Method of manufacturing electrode for lithium secondary cell, Katsunobu Sayama and Hisaki Tarui, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,464 (20050726), Method of manufacturing a thin film battery, Victor Krasnov, Kai-Wei Nieh, and Su-Jen Ting, Front Edge Technology.

U.S. 6,921,516 (20050726), Reactor system including auto ignition and carbon suppression foam, Steven G. Goebel, Gerald E. Voecks, and Robert N. Carter, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,921,522 (20050726), Production of lithium compounds directly from lithium containing brines, Daniel Alfred Boryta, Teresita Frianeza Kullberg, and Anthony Michael Thurston, Chemetall Foote Corp.

U.S. 6,921,557 (20050726), Process for making dense thin films, Craig P. Jacobson, Steven J. Visco, and Lutgard C. DeJonghe, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 6,921,593 (20050726), Fuel additives for fuel cell, Alfred I-Tsung Pan and Eric G. Hanson, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 6,921,594 (20050726), Exhaust treatment and filtration system for molten carbonate fuel cells, Yinyan Huang, Scott Mackenzie, and Amiram Bar-Ilan, Sud-Chemie Inc.

U.S. 6,921,595 (20050726), Joint-cycle high-efficiency fuel cell system with power generating turbine, Lawrence G. Clawson and Mark R. Hagan, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,596 (20050726), Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an integrated reformer and waste energy recovery system, Sean M. Kelly, Karl J. Haltiner Jr., Michael T. Faville, and David R. Schumann, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,597 (20050726), Electrical current generation system, Bowie G. Keefer, Christopher R. McLean, and Michael J. Brown, QuestAir Technologies Inc. (CA).

U.S. 6,921,598 (20050726), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same, Masao Yamamoto, Junji Niikura, Nobuhiro Hase, Kazuhito Hatoh, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hideo Ohara, Teruhisa Kanbara, and Masayo Sugou, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,599 (20050726), Sealing assembly for an MEA and method for manufacturing the sealing assembly, Hubertus Biegert and Gabor Toth, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 6,921,600 (20050726), Separator for fuel cell and method of manufacture therefor, Atsushi Miyazawa and Toshihiro Takekawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,601 (20050726), Fuel cell stack humidification method incorporating an accumulation device, Ralf Senner and Rittmar Von Helmolt, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 6,921,602 (20050726), Fuel cell unit, Armin Diez and Michael Lang, Elringklinger AG (DE) and Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und RaumfahrteV (DE).

U.S. 6,921,603 (20050726), Microfluidic fuel cell 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. 6,921,604 (20050726), Device and method for evaluating performance of fuel cells, device and method for evaluating specific surface area of fuel-cell electrode catalysts, fuel-cell electrode catalyst, and method of manufacturing the same, Hisao Kato, Tatsuya Kawahara, and Toshiaki Ozaki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 6,921,605 (20050726), Platinum-ruthenium-nickel fuel cell electrocatalyst, Alexander Gorer, Symyx Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,606 (20050726), Composite films for electrochemical devices, Robert L. Sassa, David Zuckerbrod, Wolfgang Buerger, and John E. Bacino, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,607 (20050726), Solid electrolyte battery, Hiroyuki Akashi, Goro Shibamoto, and Shuji Goto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,608 (20050726), Battery separator, Ronald W. Call, J. Robert Dees, Shizuo Ogura, Donald K. Simmons, and Xiangyun Wei, Celgard, Inc.

U.S. 6,921,609 (20050726), Gradient cathode material for lithium rechargeable batteries, Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Per Onnerud, Jie Shi, Sharon Dalton, Tomoyoshi Koizumi, and Aisaku Nagai, Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,921,610 (20050726), Battery, James J. Cervera, Christopher Haines, and Shuming Zeng, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 6,921,611 (20050726), Method of making a battery, Charles J. Schaeffer, Jeffrey L. Troxel, M. Eric Taylor, Wen-Hong Kao, Christian P. Hansen, Yu-Lin Chen, Dan J. Cantillon, and Bart Sauer, Johnson Controls Technology Co.

U.S. 6,921,612 (20050726), Nonaqueous electrolyte composition for improving overcharge safety and lithium battery using the same, Sang-hoon Choy, Hyeong-gon Noh, Ha-young Lee, Hee-young Sun, and Ho-sung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 6,922,039 (20050726), Dynamic control timer circuit and method, Ken Richard King, Texas Instruments Inc.

U.S. 6,922,058 (20050726), Method for determining the internal impedance of a battery cell in a string of serially connected battery cells, Edward M. Potempa, BTECH, In.

U.S. 6,922,151 (20050726), Battery remaining amount warning circuit, Chikuni Kawakami, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 6,922,591 (20050726), Multiple battery management system, Peter Single, Cochlear Ltd. (AU).