US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Feb. 17 for "Compression apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,424, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Compression apparatus" was invented by Takashi Kakuwa (Osaka, Japan), Hiromi Kita (Nara, Japan) and Osamu Sakai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression apparatus includes at least one compression unit, a voltage applier, an anode end plate provided on an anode separator located at a first end in a direction of stacking, a cathode end plate provided on a cathode separator located at a second end in the direction of stacking, a first seal material that surrounds an outer periphery of the cathode, and a second ...