US Patent Issued to HONDA MOTOR on June 16 for "Carbon dioxide treatment apparatus, carbon dioxide treatment method and method of producing carbon compound" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,529, issued on June 16, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).

"Carbon dioxide treatment apparatus, carbon dioxide treatment method and method of producing carbon compound" was invented by Hiroshi Oikawa (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon dioxide treatment apparatus includes: a capturing device that captures carbon dioxide; and an electrochemical reaction unit that electrochemically reduces the carbon dioxide captured by the capturing device, and the electrochemical reaction unit includes a cathode, an anode, an anion exchange membrane provided between the cathode and the anode, a cathode-side liquid flow p...