ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,464, issued on May 12, was assigned to Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH (Germany) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (Japan).
"Electrolysis device" was invented by Gerd Becker (Marloffstein, Germany), Christian Bergins (Datteln, Germany) and Torsten Gerhard Buddenberg (Moers, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolysis device includes two electrolysis units, which each includes two end plates. The electrolysis units each includes an intermediate plate approximately or exactly in the middle between its end plates and each includes a stack of series-connected electrolysis cells between the intermediate plates and the end...