ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,404, issued on March 31, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).
"Humidifier" was invented by Michael Baumann (Ammerbuch, Germany) and Sven Alexander Kaiser (Waiblingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidifier for humidifying a dry cathode supply air via a moist cathode exhaust air in a fuel cell system is disclosed. The humidifier may include a housing, a membrane stack, two opposing sealing plates, and a support frame. The membrane stack may be arranged in and insertable into the housing interior in a longitudinal direction. Two opposing side surfaces of the membrane stack may be hermetically sealed. Dry ca...