u.s. battery & fuel cell patents

Official Gazette, Volume 1326 (January 2008)

U.S. 7,314,056 (20080101), Hydrogen supply method, Ikuya Yamashita and Norio Komura, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,314,069 (20080101), Fuel container, fuel supply method, fuel filling method, and fuel cell system, Shuya Tanaka, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,314,492 (20080101), Method for manufacturing alkaline battery, Takumi Ohhara and Satoshi Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,314,493 (20080101), Fuel composition in fuel cartridges for DMFCs, Xiaoming Ren, Kevin J. Shufon, and Frank W. Kovacs, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,314,509 (20080101), Gas liquid phase separator with improved pressure control, A. John Speranza, Andrzej E. Stanek, Angelo A. Morson, and Justin D. Baltrucki, Proton Energy System, Inc.

U.S. 7,314,514 (20080101), Electrolyte for an energy storage device, Calum John Drummond, Hung Chi Nguyen, and Timothy Lawrence Wade, CAP-XX Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,314,594 (20080101), Hydrogen storage alloy, Daisuke Mukai, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Mitsuhiro Wada, Yasunori Tabira, Shinya Kagei, and Hidetoshi Inoue, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,314,676 (20080101), Fuel-cell stack, Herbert Hartnack, Josef Lersch, and Arno Mattejat, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (DE).

U.S. 7,314,677 (20080101), Planar fuel cell and method for the production thereof, Renaut Mosdale, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (FR).

U.S. 7,314,678 (20080101), Solid oxide fuel cell device with a component having a protective coatings and a method for making such, Michael E. Badding, Peter J. Kalal, and Raja R. Wusirika, Corning Inc.

U.S. 7,314,679 (20080101), Air supply apparatus for a fuel cell, Tsutomu Hatsugai and Toshirou Kiura, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,314,680 (20080101), Integrated fuel cell power module, Dingrong Bai, Jean-Guy Chouinard, and David Elkaim, Hyteon Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,314,681 (20080101), Cylindrical alkaline cells with increased discharge performance, Christopher Fred Randell and Richard A. Langan, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,314,682 (20080101), Lithium metal oxide electrodes for lithium batteries, Michael M. Thackeray, Jeom-Soo Kim, and Christopher S. Johnson, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,314,683 (20080101), Carbon compound-adsorbed cathode active material and lithium battery using the same, Young-min Choi, Yong-nam Ham, and Jung-joon Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,314,684 (20080101), Layer cathode methods of manufacturing and materials for Li-ion rechargeable batteries, Sun-Ho Kang and Khalil Amine, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,314,685 (20080101), Oxidized titanium as a cathodic current collector, W. Richard Brown, Christine A. Frysz, Sally Ann Smesko, and Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Ltd.

U.S. 7,314,686 (20080101), Electrolytic orthoborate salts for lithium batteries, Charles Austen Angell and Wu Xu, Arizona Board of Regents.

U.S. 7,314,687 (20080101), Gelling agent for alkaline cell and alkaline cell, Takashi Sumiya and Takeaki Yamaguchi, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,314,761 (20080101), Leak sensor for flowing electrolyte batteries, Rick Winter, Premium Power Corp.

U.S. 7,314,839 (20080101), Wettable polyester fibers and fabrics, Colin J. H. Morton, Thomas Thompson, and Ashutosh H. Sharma, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.

U.S. 7,315,789 (20080101), Method and system for battery parameter estimation, Gregory L. Plett, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,315,955 (20080101), Circuit for turning off charging function to a battery of a system based on information set by user during the system in power-off state, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Shinji Matsushima, Hideshi Tsukamoto, Takayuki Katoh, and Mitsuo Tabo, Lenovo Singapore Pte, Ltd. (SG).

U.S. 7,316,242 (20080108), Hydrogen storage system and method of operation thereof, Stephen Charles Porter, Mark Andrew Lillis, Dean Edwin Halter, Iris Liane Shiroma, and Spyros Nomikos, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,316,717 (20080108), Method of manufacturing an electrode active material particle for a rechargeable battery, Masahisa Fujimoto, Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Masahide Miyake, Hiroaki Ikeda, and Shin Fujitani, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,719 (20080108), Hydrogen generating apparatus, John A. Devos, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,316,788 (20080108), Materials for storage and release of hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same, Thomas S. Autrey, Anna Gutowska, Yongsoon Shin, and Liyu Li, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 7,316,792 (20080108), Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery and electrode structural body comprising said electrode material, Takeshi Kosuzu, Soichiro Kawakami, Masaya Asao, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Takao Ogura, and Naoya Kobayashi, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,316,794 (20080108), Continuous production of catalyst coated membranes, William George O'Brien, E I du Pont de Nemours and Co.

U.S. 7,316,806 (20080108), Modifying catalyst for partial oxidation and method for modification, Masaaki Okuno and Akiyoshi Nakajima, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,853 (20080108), Airbreathing fuel cell, Takehisa Takagi, Noboru Owaki, Yukio Naruse, Shoji Nawa, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,854 (20080108), Proton conducting material, proton conducting membrane, and fuel cell, Takuichi Arai, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,316,855 (20080108), Fuel cell assembly for portable electronic device and interface, control, and regulator circuit for fuel cell powered electronic device, Craig Lawrence, Alexey Salamini, Bruce MacGregor, and David Bliven, Polyfuel, Inc.

U.S. 7,316,856 (20080108), Separator for flat-type polyelectrolyte fuel cell and polyelectrolyte fuel cell employing that separator, Takanori Maeda, Hiroshi Yagi, and Yoshinori Oota, Dai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,316,857 (20080108), Miniature electrochemical gas generator and power source, Steven T. Swanson and Henri J. R. Maget.

U.S. 7,316,858 (20080108), Fuel cell system, Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, and Seong-Geun Heo, LG Electronics Inc (KR).

U.S. 7,316,859 (20080108), Storage system and method for supplying hydrogen to a polymer membrane fuel cell, Gervase Maxwell Christie, James Joseph Volk, and Timothy James Fagan, Praxair Technology, Inc.

U.S. 7,316,860 (20080108), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and production method of the same, Eiichi Yasumoto, Akihiko Yoshida, Makoto Uchida, Junji Morita, Yasushi Sugawara, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,862 (20080108), Active material for electrode and non-aqueous secondary battery using the same, Kazutaka Uchitomi, Atsushi Ueda, and Shigeo Aoyama, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,863 (20080108), Battery pack having thin terminal board, Bunya Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,864 (20080108), Slurry composition, electrode and secondary cell, Akira Nakayama, Takao Suzuki, Hidekazu Mori, Katsuya Nakamura, and Masahiro Yamakawa, Zeon Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,316,865 (20080108), Active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing active material, Ho-Jin Kweon and Jun-Won Suh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,316,866 (20080108), Ionic liquid-modified cathode and electrochemical device using the same, Hyun Hang Yong, Sang Young Lee, Seok Koo Kim, and Soon Ho Ahn, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,316,867 (20080108), Method for manufacturing a multi-layered thin film for use as an anode in a lithium secondary battery, Young-sin Park, Joo-yeal Oh, Hong-koo Baik, and Sung-man Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,316,868 (20080108), Electrolytes for lithium-sulfur electrochemical cells, Alexander Gorkovenko, Sion Power Corp.

U.S. 7,317,298 (20080108), Discharging battery monitoring, Charles E. Burns, David P. Garner, Limin Wang, and Gary R. Ware, American Power Conversion Corp.

U.S. 7,317,300 (20080108), Automotive battery state monitor apparatus, Takeshi Sada, Makoto Taniguchi, and Atsushi Ichikawa, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,317,316 (20080108), Apparatus and method for measuring the insulation resistance of a fuel cell system, Juergen M. Leitz, NuCellSys GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,317,607 (20080108), Electric double layer capacitor, Seiji Omura and Hiroshi Nakajima, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,317,609 (20080108), Pretreated porous electrode, Linda Zhong, Xiaomei Xi, and Bin Zou, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,317,995 (20080108), Battery management system and apparatus, Jonathan B. Quint and Steven H. Dworkin, BatteryCorp, Inc.

U.S. 7,317,996 (20080108), Method for determining battery capacity, Farhad Ahmed and Runbo Fu, Research In Motion Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,318,845 (20080115), Compact distillates fuel processor with effective sulfur removal process, Aly H. Shaaban and Timothy J. Campbell, Applied Research Associates, Inc.

U.S. 7,318,846 (20080115), Mixture formation means for a reformer of a fuel cell system or for a heater, Matthias Boltze, Christian Wunderlich, and Matthias Jahn, Enerday GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,318,854 (20080115), System and method for selective separation of gaseous mixtures using hollow fibers, Kamalesh K. Sirkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

U.S. 7,318,874 (20080115), Method for joining ceramic green bodies using a transfer tape and conversion of bonded green body into a ceramic body, Andreas Roosen, Andreas Schröder, and Stephan Zöllner, tesa AG (DE).

U.S. 7,318,969 (20080115), Fuel cell, Nobuyasu Tajima, Eiichi Sakaue, and Kei Matsuoka, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,318,970 (20080115), Architectural hierarchy of control for a fuel processor, Vesna R. Mirkovic, W. Spencer Wheat, Hugh N. To, and Dennis J. Benedetto, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,318,971 (20080115), Fuel cell system utilizing control of operating current to adjust moisture content within fuel cell, Tomonori Imamura and Hideshi Izuhara, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,972 (20080115), Hydrophilic polymers and their use in electrochemical cells, Donald James Highgate, ITM Power Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,318,973 (20080115), Stamped bridges and plates for reactant delivery for a fuel cell, Jeffrey A. Rock and Scott C. Ofslager, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,318,974 (20080115), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Hideo Ohara, Hiroki Kusakabe, Tatsuto Yamazaki, Nobuhiro Hase, Shinsuke Takeguchi, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Toshihiro Matsumoto, Satoru Fujii, Kazuhito Hatoh, Masato Hosaka, Junji Niikura, Kazufumi Nishida, and Teruhisa Kanbara, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,975 (20080115), Membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell, Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seong-Tae Ko, and Seong-Geun Heo, LG Electronics Inc. (KR).

U.S. 7,318,976 (20080115), Electrodes with adjustable gas permeability, and method of producing such electrodes, Petra Koschany, Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.

U.S. 7,318,977 (20080115), Platinum and titanium containing electrocatalysts, Ting He and Eric Rolland Kreidler, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,978 (20080115), Battery pack, Kazuhiko Sakuma and Chiaki Anzai, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,979 (20080115), Polymer battery and related method, Tatsuhiro Fukuzawa and Kouichi Nemoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,980 (20080115), Rechargeable battery, Yong-Sam Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,318,981 (20080115), Secondary battery with a nitroxyl polymer active material, Shigeyuki Iwasa and Hiroyuki Nishide, NEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,982 (20080115), Polymer composition for encapsulation of electrode particles, Antoni S. Gozdz, Andrew L. Loxley, and Anthony E. Pullen, A123 Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,318,983 (20080115), Battery, Momoe Adachi, Yukio Miyaki, and Hiroshi Imoto, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,318,984 (20080115), Adhesive composition-supporting separator for battery and electrode/separator laminate obtained by using the same, Michio Satsuma, Keisuke Kii, Yoshihiro Uetani, Yutaka Kishii, Mutsuko Yamaguchi, and Shuuhei Murata, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,319,305 (20080115), Battery pack apparatus with control section, Shinya Kimoto and Takaki Kobayashi, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,319,333 (20080115), Power control unit, Akihiko Emori, Eiichi Toyota, Masato Suzuki, Motomi Shimada, Tsutomu Miyauchi, Takuya Kinoshita, and Hideki Miyazaki, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,320,361 (20080122), Heat exchanger, Hidemoto Arai, Hisao Yokoya, Kenzou Takahashi, Youichi Sugiyama, Masaru Takada, and Masataka Yoshino, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,320,778 (20080122), High-performance catalyst support, William A. Whittenberger, Catacel Corp.

U.S. 7,320,836 (20080122), Integral air preheater and start-up heating means for solid oxide fuel cell power generators, Robert Draper, Michael P. Jaszcar, Paolo R. Zafred, James E. Gillett, and Matthew Riggle, Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

U.S. 7,320,837 (20080122), Fuel cell system including a catalytically active reactor unit with flow control means, Ian Faye, Ulrich Gottwick, Rainer Saliger, and Jan-Michael Graehn, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,320,838 (20080122), Electrolyte creepage barrier for liquid electrolyte fuel cells, Jian Li, Mohammad Farooque, and Chao-Yi Yuh, FuelCell Energy Inc. and The United States of America.

U.S. 7,320,839 (20080122), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and conductive separator for the same, Yoichiro Tsuji, Yoshihiro Hori, Masaki Yamauchi, and Makoto Uchida, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd (JP).

U.S. 7,320,840 (20080122), Combination of injector-ejector for fuel cell systems, Rainer Pechtold and James S. Siepierski, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,320,841 (20080122), Fuel cell and separator structure used therein, Kenji Yamaga, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Ko Takahashi, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,320,842 (20080122), Electrode catalyst for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same, Junichi Ozaki, Asao Ooya, and Akira Hamada, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP), Junichi Ozaki (JP), and Asao Ooya (JP).

U.S. 7,320,843 (20080122), Battery assembly with shielded terminals, Jeffrey M. Harrington, Great Stuff, Inc.

U.S. 7,320,844 (20080122), Vanadium/polyhalide redox flow battery, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Newsouth Innovations Pty Ltd. (AU).

U.S. 7,320,845 (20080122), Printed battery, Jerry Zucker, The InterTech Group, Inc.

U.S. 7,320,846 (20080122), Bipolar battery and method for manufacturing the same, Kyoichi Watanabe, Kenji Hosaka, and Kouichi Nemoto, Nissan Motor Co., (JP) Ltd.

U.S. 7,321,010 (20080122), Fiberglass binder utilizing a curable acrylate and/or methacrylate, Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari and Diana Kim Fisler, Johns Manville.

U.S. 7,321,071 (20080122), Process for the production of water-soluble fluorine-containing vinyl ethers, Kenji Ishii, Noriyuki Shinoki, Takuya Arase, Kazuyoshi Ichihara, and Toshiya Mantani, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,321,219 (20080122), Method and system for battery charging employing a semiconductor switch, Gary D. Meyer, Jay J. Rosenbecker, Kevin L. Glasgow, Todd W. Johnson, and Karl F. Scheucher, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

U.S. 7,321,220 (20080122), Method for calculating power capability of battery packs using advanced cell model predictive techniques, Gregory L. Plett, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,321,486 (20080122), Electric double layer capacitor, Masaaki Nemoto, Koji Endo, Kikuko Kato, Yasuo Nakahara, and Hiroshi Nonoue, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,321,575 (20080122), Node position measuring system, Sok-San Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,322,398 (20080129), Pressure tank, Keiji Toh, Hidehito Kubo, Katsuyoshi Fujita, Akiko Kumano, Masahiko Kimbara, Yoshihiro Isogai, and Daigoro Mori, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP).

U.S. 7,322,405 (20080129), Multi-pipe heat exchanger apparatus and method of producing the same, Tetsuya Ogawa, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,322,562 (20080129), Shut-off valve providing pressure equalization, Rainer Pechtold, GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.

U.S. 7,322,835 (20080129), Battery latch mechanism, Ke-Cheng Lin, Wen-Kang Lo, and Chien-Li Tsai, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,322,862 (20080129), Battery contact mechanism including single-piece battery contact spring, Jonathan C. Burrell, John B. Whiteside, and Chi-Min Lin, Garmin Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,323,018 (20080129), Process and device for jacketing of battery plates, Anton Schwetz and Thomas Rotbart, BM-Battery Machines GmbH (AT).

U.S. 7,323,031 (20080129), Zinc powder or zinc alloy powder with inhomogeneous bulk density for alkaline batteries, Armin Melzer, Petra Merkel, Jochen Spriestersbach, Rudi Kube, and Norbert Schulz, Grillo-Werke AG (DE).

U.S. 7,323,033 (20080129), Nanostructured surfaces having variable permeability, Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine, Mary Louise Mandich, and Joseph Ashley Taylor, Lucent Technologies Inc.

U.S. 7,323,034 (20080129), Space group cP2 alloys for the use and separation of hydrogen, Robert E. Buxbaum.

U.S. 7,323,040 (20080129), Membrane module for the separation of hydrogen and method for the production thereof, Thomas Poschmann, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,323,043 (20080129), Storage container associated with a thermal energy management system, Peter Finamore, Deere & Co.

U.S. 7,323,089 (20080129), Bonded membrane-electrode assembly for electrolysis of water and water electrolyzer using the same, Eiji Kato, Katsumi Kanematsu, Shoji Nawa, and Yasuo Ido, Daido Metal Co. Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,323,120 (20080129), Coated carbonaceous particles particulary useful as electrode materials in electrical storage cells, and methods of making the same, Zhenhua Mao, H. Ernest Romine, and Mark W. Carel, ConocoPhillips Co.

U.S. 7,323,148 (20080129), Hydrogen generator, Shailesh A. Shah and Michael T. Kelly, Millennium Cell, Inc.

U.S. 7,323,158 (20080129), Multiple metal oxide submicron particles, Sujeet Kumar, Hariklia Dris Reitz, Craig R. Horne, James T. Gardner, Ronald J. Mosso, and Xiangxin Bi, NanoGram Corp.

U.S. 7,323,159 (20080129), Method for fast start of a fuel processor, Rajesh K. Ahluwalia, Shabbir Ahmed, and Sheldon H. D. Lee, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,323,218 (20080129), Synthesis of composite nanofibers for applications in lithium batteries, Jin-Ming Chen, Chien-Te Hsieh, Hsiu-Wen Huang, Yue-Hao Huang, Hung-Hsiao Lin, Mao-Huang Liu, Shih-Chieh Liao, and Han-Chang Shih, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW).

U.S. 7,323,262 (20080129), Method of operating a fuel cell power system to deliver constant power, Todd A. Simpson, Stephen Burany, and Joseph Cargnelli, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,323,263 (20080129), Fuel cell system and method of operation to reduce parasitic load of fuel cell peripherals, Joseph Cargnelli, Todd A. Simpson, and Stephen Burany, Hydrogenics Corp. (CA).

U.S. 7,323,264 (20080129), Fuel cell system having integrated central control function, John G. Noetzel, Kaushik Rajashekara, and Harry L. Husted, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,323,265 (20080129), High stability membrane for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Qinbai Fan and Hamid Hussain, Gas Technology Institute.

U.S. 7,323,266 (20080129), Sheet-like chemical cell, fuel cell and methods for manufacturing thereof, Makoto Morishima and Tomoichi Kamo, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,323,267 (20080129), Liquid feed fuel cell with nested sealing configuration, Richard I. Masel and Gregory Mozsgai, Tekion, Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,323,268 (20080129), Battery with miniaturized SOFC fuel cells, Gilles Robert, Cerion AG (CH).

U.S. 7,323,269 (20080129), Fuel cell, Seiji Sugiura, Ryugo Suzuki, Narutoshi Sugita, Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Takashi Kuwayama, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,323,270 (20080129), Modular fuel-cell stack assembly, Pinakin Patel and Willam Urko, FuelCell Energy Inc. and The United States of America.

U.S. 7,323,273 (20080129), Shutdown separators with improved properties, Garrin Samii, Abbas M. Samii, and David C. Veno.

U.S. 7,323,274 (20080129), Shutdown separators with improved properties, Garrin Samii, Abbas M. Samii, and David C. Veno.

U.S. 7,323,432 (20080129), Catalyst assembly, Koichi Niihara, Tadachika Nakayama, Jun Hasegawa, and Miho Ito, DENSO Corp. (JP), Koichi Niihara (JP), and Tadachika Nakayama (JP).

U.S. 7,323,846 (20080129), Battery having an extended terminal, George L. Santana Jr., Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

U.S. 7,323,847 (20080129), Method and system of charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries, Gary D. Meyer, Jay J. Rosenbecker, Kevin L. Glasgow, Todd W. Johnson, and Karl F. Scheucher, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

U.S. 7,323,848 (20080129), Battery charging state arithmetic operation device for calculating charging state of battery, and battery charging state arithmetic operation method, Shinji Fujihara, Kiyoharu Anzai, Motoshi Kiribayashi, Makoto Wanezaki, Hideji Nakamura, and Toshiaki Hayashi, Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (JP) and Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,324,192 (20080129), Test apparatus and method for examining sheet-like components for perforations, Mathias Boehmisch and Cornelius Haas, DaimlerChrysler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,324,328 (20080129), Integrated ultracapacitor as energy source, Siva G. Narendra and Shekhar Y. Borkar, Intel Corp.

U.S. 7,324,329 (20080129), Electrochemical-electrolytic capacitor and method of making the same, Badawi M. Dweik, John W. Forchione, Mourad Manoukian, John A. Kosek, Anthony B. LaConti, and David A. Evans, Giner, Inc.

U.S. 7,324,746 (20080129), Fluid heater and evaluation equipment incorporating the same, Hideki Tanaka, Kimio Yoshizumi, Hitoshi Ando, and Akiko Kuse, ESPEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,324,902 (20080129), Method and apparatus for generalized recursive least-squares process for battery state of charge and state of health, Mark W. Verbrugge, Edward D. Tate Jr., Damon R. Frisch, and Brian J. Koch, General Motors Corp.

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