ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,531, issued on June 16, was assigned to ASAHI KASEI K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electrolysis system and method of use thereof" was invented by Yasuhiro Fujita (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Togo (Tokyo), Hirokazu Nagate (Tokyo), Yousuke Uchino (Tokyo) and Keisuke Nakashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolysis system of the present disclosure includes an electrolyzer which includes an electrode to generate a gas from the electrode, and a tightening device which controls a tightening load on the electrolyzer in accordance with a pressure of the gas."

The patent was filed on April 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/996,221.

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