Welcome, Pete! That copy of the patent is great! Way to be a super sleuth!
OK...So we know from Wiki and from Who Killed the Electric Car and from Sherry
Boschert's book, Plug-in Hybrids, that Texaco is sitting on the patent for very
much needed batteries for EVs. And we have strong suspicions about why. So what
do we do with this information?
I suggest that we have some good writers on this FLEAA list. I mentioned
earlier that if those writers would write a resolution that would in its body
of the writing suggest that production on these NiMH batteries need to begin at
that factory and they need to be made available at a price that would allow a
reasonable profit for the company. Basically, there is no time for greed at
this point.
Does anyone know of legal precedent that showed that some entity had to quit
sitting on a patent due to national security or some such issue? Any attorneys
on the list that can check on this? We can open up this can of greedy worms,
but let's know how to do it in order to have the effect we want.
Have fun with this! Fran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 5:12 PM
Subject: [FLEAA] NiMh PATENT Re: listserv Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3
Hi all, from Pete Amar in Fort Pierce, Fl. I am a long time lurker,
first time poster.
Charles Whalen and other RAV4 EV owners may have other or better info,
but here are a couple of links.
WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV
WIKI QUOTE: "Chevron had inherited control of the worldwide patent
rights for the NiMH EV-95 battery when it merged with Texaco, which had
purchased them from General Motors. Chevron's unit won a $30,000,000 settlement
from Toyota and Panasonic, and the production line for the large NiMH batteries
was closed down and dismantled. Only smaller NiMH batteries, incapable of
powering an electric vehicle or plugging in, are currently allowed by
Chevron-Texaco."
PATENT INFO:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6969567.PN.&OS=PN/6969567&RS=PN/6969567
PETE.
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