ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,800, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH (Neu-Ulm, Germany).
"Bipolar plate with stiffening structures" was invented by Claudia Kunz (Ulm, Germany), Rainer Glueck (Tomerdingen, Germany), Werner Buntz (Muhlhausen, Germany) and Sebastian Schaefer (Heroldstatt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipolar plate for an electrochemical system. The bipolar plate comprising a first individual plate and a second individual plate which are joined together. Each individual plate comprising: an electrochemically active region, an outer edge, and a perimeter sealing element. The outer edge region spans between the edge of...