ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,375, issued on May 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fuel cell separator conveyance apparatus and fuel cell separator conveyance method" was invented by Satoru Uchiumi (Tokyo), Tatsuya Hasegawa (Tokyo) and Kento Mizutani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell separator conveyance apparatus including a movable body having an opposing surface extending in a substantially horizontal direction and facing an upper surface of a separator, a suction part provided on the movable body to generate a suction to hold the separator on the movable body, and a support part movably supporting the movable body. A first comm...