ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,331, issued on April 21, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Electrochemical system unit with sealing elements" was invented by Andreas Ringk (Bamberg, Germany) and Anton Ringel (Bamberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrochemical system unit comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells that are arranged in layers side by side, each cell comprising an anode plate, a cathode plate and a sealing element, wherein the sealing element is designed to seal a space between the anode and cathode plate. Said system also comprises at least two electrochemical cells of the electroc...