u.s. battery & fuel cell patents

Official Gazette, Volume 1329 (April 2008)

U.S. 7,350,604 (20080401), Gaseous fuel system for automotive vehicle, Michael J. Veenstra, Majed Mohammed, Daniel J. Walesky, and Brian C. Moorhead, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,351,098 (20080401), EMI shielded electrical connector and connection system, Joseph Howard Gladd, William C. Ketterer, Frederick Donald Esenwein, and Terry A. George, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,351,119 (20080401), Battery cable clamp, Angus Bryden Mac Donald (CA).

U.S. 7,351,338 (20080401), Porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin and process for producing the same, Yasuhiro Tada, Takeo Takahashi, and Toshiya Mizuno, Kureha Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,395 (20080401), Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates, Guido Peter Pez, Aaron Raymond Scott, Alan Charles Cooper, Hansong Cheng, Frederick Carl Wilhelm, and Atteye Houssein Abdourazak, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,351,444 (20080401), Low platinum fuel cell catalysts and method for preparing the same, Ning Wang, Yi Dong, and Yi-Qun Li, Intematix Corp.

U.S. 7,351,486 (20080401), Direct type fuel cell power generator, Masato Akita, Takashi Yamauchi, Masahiro Takashita, Eiichi Sakaue, and Kei Matsuoka, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,351,487 (20080401), Fuel cell, Shoji Yamashita and Shoji Kohsaka, Kyocera Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,488 (20080401), Structures and fabrication techniques for solid state electrochemical devices, Steven J. Visco, Craig P. Jacobson, and Lutgard C. DeJonghe, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,351,489 (20080401), Fuel cell unit, Yuusuke Sato, Kaname Miyazaki, Eiichi Sakaue, Kei Matsuoka, and Atsushi Sadamoto, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,351,490 (20080401), Fuel cell, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tadashi Nishiyama, and Takaki Nakagawa, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,491 (20080401), Supporting electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells and other electrochemical devices, Vincent L. Sprenkle, Nathan L. Canfield, Kerry Meinhardt, and Jeffry W. Stevenson, Battelle Memorial Institute.

U.S. 7,351,492 (20080401), Solid oxide type fuel cell-use electrode support substrate and production method therefor, Masatoshi Shimomura, Teruhisa Nagashima, and Kazuo Hata, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,493 (20080401), Battery pack, Seiichi Uemoto, Kenji Kimura, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Takabumi Fujii, Hironori Yukisada, and Masatomo Nagatani, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,494 (20080401), Electric separator, method for producing the same and the use thereof, Volker Hennige, Christian Hying, and Gerhard Hoerpel, Degussa AG (DE).

U.S. 7,351,495 (20080401), Method of adding electrolyte to a gap between the cathode and separator of an alkaline cell, Philip Trainer, Terry Soon, Richard Burton, and James Rozelle, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,351,496 (20080401), Battery, Naoya Nakanishi, Kouichi Satoh, Atsuhiro Funahashi, and Toshiyuki Nohma, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,497 (20080401), Reducing battery terminal contact resistance stemming from insulating contaminant layer on same, Larry E. Maple, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,351,498 (20080401), Lithium ion polymer secondary battery its electrode and method for synthesizing polymer compound in binder used in adhesion layer thereof, Yusuke Watarai, Akio Minakuchi, Akihiro Higami, Shoubin Zhang, Tadashi Kobayashi, and Sawako Takeuchi, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,499 (20080401), Cathode material for battery, Nikolay K. Iltchev, Ou Mao, Cahit Eylem, George Cintra, and Leslie J. Pinnell, The Gillette Co.

U.S. 7,351,500 (20080401), Lithium-containing composite oxide and nonaqueous secondary cell using the same, and method for manufacturing the same, Atsushi Ueda, Kazutaka Uchitomi, and Shigeo Aoyama, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,351,501 (20080401), Electrolyte for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery comprising same, Cheol-Soo Jung, Takitaro Yamaguchi, and Ryuichi Shimizu, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,351,502 (20080401), Solid inorganic glassy electrolyte and method of production thereof, Elena Shembel, Alexander Nosenko, Andrey Kvasha, and Peter Novak, Enerize Corp.

U.S. 7,351,775 (20080401), Ion conductive membrane made from a block copolymer and methods of making a block copolymer, Gerhard Maier, Günther G. Scherer, and Chong-Kyu Shin, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,352,152 (20080401), Portable electronic appliance with a battery having a wireless tag containing battery information, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Masakatsu Kubota, Atsuhiko Ishihara, and Seiji Kawasumi, Fujifilm Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,352,154 (20080401), Electrical system control for a vehicle, Alexander Cook, Vanner, Inc.

U.S. 7,352,155 (20080401), Apparatus and method for detecting battery pack voltage, Guoxing Li and Wei Wang, O2Micro International Ltd. (KY).

U.S. 7,352,156 (20080401), State-of-charge estimating device of secondary battery, Hiroyuki Ashizawa, Hideo Nakamura, and Hisafumi Asai, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,352,272 (20080401), Over-current protection device, David Shau Chew Wang, Jyh Ming Yu, and Kuo Chang Lo, Polytronics Technology Corp. (TW).

U.S. 7,352,558 (20080401), Dry particle based capacitor and methods of making same, Linda Zhong, Xiaomei Xi, Porter Mitchell, and Bin Zou, Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,352,559 (20080401), Carbon nanotube devices and uses therefor, Chien-Min Sung (TW).

U.S. 7,353,083 (20080401), Vanadium redox battery energy storage and power generation system incorporating and optimizing diesel engine generators, Timothy David John Hennessy, VRB Power Systems Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,353,696 (20080408), Apparatus for measuring methanol concentration, Xiaobing Luo, Hye-jung Cho, Jae-yong Lee, and Sang-kyun Kang, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,353,894 (20080408), Sealed nickel-metal hydride storage cells and hybrid electric having the storage cells, Michinori Ikezoe, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,353,900 (20080408), Battery cooling system, Takaaki Abe, Masaaki Suzuki, and Hideaki Horie, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,353,982 (20080408), Diffusion bonding for metallic membrane joining with metallic module, Anwu Li, Membrane Reactor Technologies Ltd. (CA).

U.S. 7,354,460 (20080408), Method for manufacturing core material for electrode plate and method for manufacturing alkaline storage battery, Atsushi Adachi, Kazuyuki Kusama, Michio Ozawa, Nobuyasu Morishita, and Masaru Kobayashi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,354,461 (20080408), Solid fuels for fuel cells, Laszlo T. Nemeth, Anil R. Oroskar, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche, Gavin P. Towler, and Rusty M. Pittman, UOP LLC.

U.S. 7,354,463 (20080408), Apparatus and methods for producing hydrogen, W. Spencer Wheat, Hongqiao Sun, Bhaskar Balasubramanian, and Vesna R. Mirkovic, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,354,464 (20080408), Apparatus and method for producing hydrogen, Dean A. Kenefake, W. Spencer Wheat, Hongqiao Sun, Bhaskar Balasubramanian, Vesna R. Mirkovic, and Daniel G. Casey, Texaco Inc.

U.S. 7,354,465 (20080408), Device for cooling and humidifying reformate, Jian Lian Zhao and William F. Northrop, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 7,354,471 (20080408), Coated silver-containing particles, method and apparatus of manufacture, and silver-containing devices made therefrom, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, Quint H. Powell, Daniel J. Skamser, James Caruso, and Clive D. Chandler, Cabot Corp.

U.S. 7,354,531 (20080408), Polymer electrolyte composition, Wynham Henry Boon, Thomas Clayton Forschner, David Eric Gwyn, James R. MacCallum, Christopher John Smith, and Michael John Smith, Shell Oil Co.

U.S. 7,354,533 (20080408), Electrically conductive thermoset composition, method for the preparation thereof, and articles derived therefrom, Gary William Yeager, Manuel Cavazos, Hua Guo, Glen David Merfeld, John Rude, Erich Otto Teutsch, and Kenneth Paul Zarnoch, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,354,545 (20080408), Substrate-supported process for manufacturing microfibrous fuel cells, Ray R. Eshraghi, Martin E Ketterer, and Yongchao Si, Microcell Corp.

U.S. 7,354,562 (20080408), Simultaneous shift-reactive and adsorptive process to produce hydrogen, David Hon Sing Ying, Shankar Nataraj, Jeffrey Raymond Hufton, Jianguo Xu, Rodney John Allam, and Sarah Jane Dulley, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

U.S. 7,354,566 (20080408), Fuel gas production method and apparatus, Hikaru Okada, Hiroshi Machida, and Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,354,626 (20080408), Method for increasing fiber density in electrostatic flocking, Charles J. Patrissi, Russell R. Bessette, Louis G. Carreiro, Yong K. Kim, Thomas M. Arruda, and Craig M. Deschenes, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,354,668 (20080408), Operation state determining apparatus and method for fuel cell, Nobuyuki Orihashi and Masaaki Kondo, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,354,669 (20080408), Operation method and purging system for a hydrogen demand/delivery unit in a fuel cell system, Ralph T. J. Hobmeyr and Dirk M. Wexel, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,354,670 (20080408), Fuel cell with fuel gas adjustment mechanism, Naoyuki Enjoji, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Yuichiro Kosaka, Honda Giken Kosyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,354,671 (20080408), Fuel cell system having secondary cell, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Yano, Tadaichi Matsumoto, Katsuhiko Nishiyama, and Hiroshi Yoshida, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,354,673 (20080408), Fuel cell system and method of controlling the same fuel cell system, Nobuo Fujita, Kimihide Horio, Tadaichi Matsumoto, Naohiro Yoshida, Kenji Kurita, Shinya Sakaguchi, and Hiroaki Mori, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP), DENSO Corp. (JP), and Toyota Technical Development Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,354,674 (20080408), Electrode structure for stacked alkaline fuel cells, Jiri Nor, Astris Energi Inc. (CA).

U.S. 7,354,675 (20080408), Apparatus and method for maintaining compression of the active area in an electrochemical cell, Trent M. Molter, Lawrence C. Moulthrop Jr., Jason K. Shiepe, A. John Speranza, and Robert H. Byron Jr., Proton Energy Systems, Inc.

U.S. 7,354,676 (20080408), Cell body for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same, Naoki Hara, Itaru Shibata, and Makoto Uchiyama, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,354,677 (20080408), Battery pack, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Shirasawa, and Shinji Ohta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,354,678 (20080408), Fe-Li-A1 anode composite and thermal battery containing the same, Dario Machado, Shlomo Golan, Igal Londner, and Eli Jacobsohn, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (IL).

U.S. 7,354,679 (20080408), Ion conductive random copolymers, Shuguang Cao, Jian Ping Chen, Thomas Jeanes, Kie Hyun Nam, David Olmeijer, and Helen Xu, Polyfuel, Inc.

U.S. 7,354,680 (20080408), Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Sion Power Corp.

U.S. 7,354,882 (20080408), Carbon monoxide removing catalyst and production process for the same as well as carbon monoxide removing apparatus, Takashi Amano, Atsushi Takumi, Shugou Zhang, and Hiroshi Tabata, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,355,376 (20080408), Battery status indicator compensating for battery voltage recovery, Rajesh Gandhi, John Dyjach, Shawn Kelley, Kristofer James, and Paul McNamee, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

U.S. 7,355,395 (20080408), Method and apparatus for eddy current-based quality inspection of dry electrode structure, Volodymyr Redko, Volodymyr Khandetskyy, Peter Novak, Elena Shembel, and Satoshi Kohara, Enerize Corp.

U.S. 7,355,411 (20080408), Method and apparatus for estimating state of charge of secondary battery, Yusai Murakami, Norito Yamabe, Keiichi Minamiura, and Tadao Kimura, Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,355,831 (20080408), Y-capacitance fault current discharge compensation for HVDC systems, Stephen Raiser, GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.

U.S. 7,355,839 (20080408), Electrode for an electrochemical capacitor, a composition used for the electrode, a method of manufacturing the electrode, and an electrochemical capacitor using the electrode, Yoshinori Yoneda, Michihiro Sugou, and Yoshinori Ogawa, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,357,015 (20080415), Gas concentration sensor, hydrogen purification unit using this and fuel cell system, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Takeshi Tomizawa, and Kunihiro Ukai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,357,665 (20080415), Battery connector, Hendrikus P G Van der Steen, Hon Hai Precision Ind Co., Ltd. (TW).

U.S. 7,357,999 (20080415), Nanocomposite electrolyte membrane and fuel cell employing the same, Hae-kyoung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,358,000 (20080415), Full cell stack, Takashi Komura, Narutoshi Sugita, and Shigeru Inai, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,358,001 (20080415), Process for operating a regenerative fuel cell, Patrick John Morrissey, Philip John Mitchell, Dominic Anthony Szanto, and Norman John Ward, Regenesys Technology Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,358,002 (20080415), Exhaust gas processing device for fuel cell, Yasushi Kanai, Hideo Numata, and Akio Yamamoto, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,003 (20080415), Cooling structure for fuel cell vehicle, Mitsuharu Imaseki, Yoshirou Shimoyama, and Hiroyuki Hattori, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,004 (20080415), Carbon black, electrocatalyst carrier formed from carbon black, and electrocatalyst and electrochemical device using carrier, Hiroshi Igarashi, Masamichi Ueda, Mitsuo Suzuki, Shushichi Yoshimura, and Shinichi Kanamaru, N E Chemcat Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,005 (20080415), Methods and apparatus for isolating solid oxide fuel cells, Richard Scott Bourgeois, General Electric Co.

U.S. 7,358,006 (20080415), Electromagnetic pulse protected fuel cell power system, Peter David DeVries, Genesis FuelTech, Inc.

U.S. 7,358,007 (20080415), Laminate, method for preparation thereof, and use thereof, Yuji Sawada and Yasushi Nakashima, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,008 (20080415), Electrochemical device including electrolyte, Tetsuo Nanno, Yukihiro Okada, and Yoichi Izumi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,009 (20080415), Layered electrodes for lithium cells and batteries, Christopher S. Johnson, Michael M. Thackeray, John T. Vaughey, Arthur J. Kahaian, and Jeom-Soo Kim, UChicago Argonne, LLC.

U.S. 7,358,010 (20080415), Fluorinated carbon for metal/fluorinated carbon batteries, Geliard Mikhailovich Korshunov, Natalya Vladimirovna Polyakova, Vladimir Alexandrovich Vulf, and Vladimir Yuryevich Zakharov, Lodestar Inc.

U.S. 7,358,011 (20080415), Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material, making method, and lithium ion secondary battery, Hirofumi Fukuoka, Mikio Aramata, Satoru Miyawaki, Susumu Ueno, and Kazuma Momii, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,012 (20080415), Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Sion Power Corp.

U.S. 7,358,702 (20080415), Storage battery with auxiliary terminals, Hiroyasu Kawada, Kenji Yamauchi, Tomohiro Imamura, Masamichi Inakura, Kenzo Kawakita, and Susumu Tanaka, GS Yuasa Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,358,704 (20080415), Critical state estimation system and method for secondary cells, Daijiro Yumoto and Hideo Nakamura, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,359,790 (20080415), Apparatus for converting energy that can be operated with fuel, in particular fuel cell assembly, Ulrich Gottwick, Martin Moeller, Rainer Saliger, Kai Kroeger, and Jan-Michael Graehn, Robert Bosch GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,359,808 (20080415), Fuel cell evaluation method and fuel cell evaluation apparatus, Hiroshi Okuda, ESPEC Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,360,395 (20080422), Gas sensor, Takashi Sasaki, Takashi Saito, Akihiro Suzuki, and Hidetoshi Oishi, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,360,396 (20080422), Gas sensor and fuel cell system and automobile employing the same, Rihito Shoji, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,360,446 (20080422), Ceramic oscillation flow meter having cofired piezoresistive sensors, Steve X. Dai and Stephen R. Samms, Motorola, Inc.

U.S. 7,361,065 (20080422), Connector assembly for conductive plates, Douglas John Hardy, Alexandra L. M. Spitler, and John Wesley Hall, Tyco Electronics Corp.

U.S. 7,361,199 (20080422), Combined water gas shift reactor/carbon dioxide adsorber for use in a fuel cell system, Craig S. Gittleman and Ramesh Gupta, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,361,211 (20080422), Moisture exchange module having a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fibre membranes, Gerhard Berger, Gert Hinsenkamp, Jens Intorp, Patrick Mangold, Jochen Schaefer, Sven Schnetzler, Wolfgang Weger, and Norbert Wiesheu, Daimler AG (DE).

U.S. 7,361,213 (20080422), Borazine-boron nitride hybrid hydrogen storage system, Chaitanya K. Narula, J. Michael Simonson, Leon Maya, and Robert T. Paine, UT-Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 7,361,420 (20080422), Structure, magnetic recording medium, and method of producing the same, Nobuhiro Yasui, Ryoko Horie, and Toru Den, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,361,423 (20080422), Fuel cell system and method for discharging reaction gas from fuel cell, Kuniaki Ojima, Shinji Yoshikawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Junji Uehara, and Kenichiro Ueda, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,361,424 (20080422), Solid polymer MEMS-based fuel cells, Alan F. Jankowski and Jeffrey D. Morse, The Regents of the University of California.

U.S. 7,361,425 (20080422), Fuel cell, Keigo Ikezoe, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,361,426 (20080422), Surface structure for enhancing catalyst reactivity and method of manufacturing thereof, Alfred I-Tsung Pan, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP.

U.S. 7,361,427 (20080422), Manifold for a pile configured battery, Eric G. Dow and Gary Bolstridge, The United States of America.

U.S. 7,361,428 (20080422), Battery device, Kouji Watanabe, Yuho Ishikawa, and Hidetoshi Akasawa, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,361,431 (20080422), Cathode electrode including a porous conductive material coated and/or filled with sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing organic compound and lithium battery containing the same, Min-seuk Kim, Duck-young Yoo, Jae-young Choi, and Jong-ki Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,361,729 (20080422), Ion-conducting sulfonated polymeric materials, James E. McGrath, Michael Hickner, Feng Wang, and Yu-Seung Kim, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

U.S. 7,361,841 (20080422), Terminal cover with hinge, Eric Scott Smolen and Takeshi Takahashi, Yazaki North America, Inc.

U.S. 7,362,073 (20080422), Dynamic fuel cell system management controller, John Edward Lecky, MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.

U.S. 7,362,074 (20080422), Method for determining deterioration of accumulator battery, method for measuring internal impedance of secondary battery, equipment for measuring internal impedance of secondary battery, equipment for determining deterioration of secondary battery, and power supply system, Noriyasu Iwane, Yuichi Watanabe, Takezo Sugimura, Toshiyuki Satoh, Atsushi Kimura, Fumikazu Iwahana, Katsumi Inaniwa, and Tetsuya Kanou, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,362,075 (20080422), Battery charger with charge state detection on the primary side, Michael Bothe, Ralf Schroder gen Berghegger, and Georg Breuch, Friwo Geraetebau GmbH (DE).

U.S. 7,362,076 (20080422), Remaining capacity calculating device and method for electric power storage, Atsushi Namba and Mikio Ono, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,362,588 (20080422), Flying capacitor type battery voltage detector, Takumi Shimizu, Tetsuya Kobayashi, and Keisuke Tanigawa, DENSO Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,363,110 (20080422), Gasket with curved configuration at peripheral edge, Brian K. Revill, Michael F. Dutton, Keith A. Stanley, and Alan R. Naylor, Ineos Chlor Enterprises Ltd. (GB).

U.S. 7,363,175 (20080422), Query based electronic battery tester, Kevin I. Bertness, Stephen J. McShane, and Wilhelmus H. J. Koster, Midtronics, Inc.

U.S. 7,363,775 (20080429), Use of Z-pipes in a liquid hydrogen tank, Rainer Pechtold, General Motors Corp.

U.S. 7,363,949 (20080429), Hydrogen station, method of charging hydrogen, and vehicle, Hidehito Kubo, Yoshihiro Isogai, and Daigoro Mori, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP) and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,363,965 (20080429), 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, Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC.

U.S. 7,364,717 (20080429), Process for converting nickel to nickel sulfate, Cristian Fierro, Gabriel E. Benet, Avram Zallen, Tim Hicks, and Michael A. Fetcenko, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc.

U.S. 7,364,793 (20080429), Powdered lithium transition metal oxide having doped interface layer and outer layer and method for preparation of the same, Jens M. Paulsen, Munju Kim, Joon Sung Bae, Jaeup Jang, and Hong-Kyu Park, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,364,810 (20080429), Combined energy storage and fuel generation with reversible fuel cells, K. R. Sridhar, and Matthias Gottmann, Bloom Energy Corp.

U.S. 7,364,811 (20080429), Fuel Cell, Kentaro Tomioka, Kei Matsuoka, Hiroaki Hirazawa, Yuusuke Sato, and Eiichi Sakaue, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP).

U.S. 7,364,812 (20080429), Multi-function solid oxide fuel cell bundle and method of making the same, Owen S. Taylor and Gregory E. Zymboly, Pittsburgh Electric Engines, Inc.

U.S. 7,364,813 (20080429), Ink for forming catalyst layer, and electrode and membrane-electrode assembly using the same, Yasushi Sugawara, Junji Morita, Takeshi Yonamine, and Yasuo Takebe, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,364,814 (20080429), Separator of a fuel cell and a manufacturing method thereof, Hiromichi Nakata, Masayoshi Yokoi, Kenji Shimoda, and Noboru Takayanagi, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP).

U.S. 7,364,815 (20080429), Method of preserving fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, Takashi Nakagawa, Masatoshi Teranishi, and Yoichiro Tsuji, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,364,816 (20080429), Laminate type battery and method for manufacturing the same, Yasunari Hisamitsu, Hideaki Horie, Kouichi Nemoto, and Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,364,817 (20080429), Secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same, Sang-Won Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 7,364,818 (20080429), Nickel positive electrode plate and alkaline storage battery, Soryu Nakayama, Kohji Yuasa, and Hideo Kaiya, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,364,819 (20080429), Alkaline electrochemical cell with a blended zinc powder, Danan Fan, Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

U.S. 7,364,912 (20080429), Controlling the flow of hydrogen and ammonia from a hydrogen generator during a breakthrough with hydrated copper(II) chloride trap, Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Franklin Earl Lynch, and John S. Wilkes.

U.S. 7,365,100 (20080429), Compositions of suspended non-aggregated carbon nanotubes, methods of making the same, and uses thereof, Cynthia A. Kuper and Mike Kuzma, Nanodynamics, Inc.

U.S. 7,365,102 (20080429), Process for pre-reforming hydrocarbon fuels, Jeffrey G. Weissman, Delphi Technologies, Inc.

U.S. 7,365,121 (20080429), Highly conductive thermoplastic composites for rapid production of fuel cell bipolar plates, Jianhua Huang, Donald G. Baird, and James E. McGrath, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

U.S. 7,365,122 (20080429), Fluoroelastomer composition, Yoshifumi Kojima, Atsushi Koga, and Kenichi Fujimoto, NOK Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,365,514 (20080429), Battery charger, Gabriel Yui Lung Tong, Totex Design Ltd. (HK).

U.S. 7,365,515 (20080429), Universal battery charger, Nobuhiro Takano and Kazuhiko Funabashi, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 7,365,516 (20080429), Multi-voltage power supply system and method for operating same, Max Leyten and Lutz Gaedt, Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

U.S. 7,365,517 (20080429), Calculating remaining battery capacity based on battery-side end voltage and device-side end voltage, Masaki Sakurai, Yukio Tsuchiya, and Hideyuki Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,365,952 (20080429), Battery pack having a protection circuit, Bunya Sato, Sony Corp. (JP).

U.S. 7,365,962 (20080429), Capacitor and method of connecting the same, Teruhisa Miura and Yoshio Miyazaki, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP).

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