US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Feb. 17 for "Composite member, cell stack device, module, and module housing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,812, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Composite member, cell stack device, module, and module housing device" was invented by Fumito Furuuchi (Kirishima, Japan) and Kazuya Imanaka (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite member includes a base member and a covering layer. The base member includes a first surface not exposed to an oxidizing atmosphere and contains chromium. The covering layer covers the first surface and includes a first outer surface that is not exposed to the oxidizing atmosphere. At least one of the base member and the covering layer includes an exposed surface t...