ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,920, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Electrolyzer stack end plate assembly with fluid-isolating insert(s)" was invented by Matthew Sweetland (Latham, N.Y.) and Cortney Mittelsteadt (Latham, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrolyzer systems and end plate assemblies are provided with one or more fluid-isolating inserts. The electrolyzer system includes a stack of electrolyzer cells, a current collector, an end plate assembly, and an isolation plate positioned between the end plate assembly and current collector. The end plate assembly includes at least one fluid channel to allow fluid to pass ...