US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on Dec. 23 for "Reversible shunts for overcharge protection in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,167, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Reversible shunts for overcharge protection in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells" was invented by Jake Christensen (Elk Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell includes a fuel source; an oxidation source; a positive electrode exposed to an electrolyte membrane; a negative electrode exposed to the electrolyte membrane; and the electrolyte membrane positioned between the positive and negative electrodes, the electrolyte membrane including an electron donor material and a shunt material having specific volume percentage of...