ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,798, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Fuel cell assembly and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hideya Kadono (Aichi, Japan), Hideki Oshima (Aichi, Japan) and Hiroki Itakura (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell assembly includes an electrode member that has a membrane electrode assembly having an electrolyte membrane and an electrode catalyst layer, and gas diffusion layers; a solid rubber gasket that is disposed in a frame shape on an outward side of the electrode member in a surface direction; and a bonding member that is disposed in a frame shape on the ...