ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,805, issued on March 24, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Solid oxide fuel cell, solid oxide fuel cell stack and manufacturing method of solid oxide fuel cell" was invented by Xinyu Li (Tokyo) and Chie Kawamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The solid oxide fuel cell includes a support of which a main component is a metal, an anode layer that is supported by the support, an electrolyte layer of solid oxide that is provided on the anode layer and has oxygen ion conductivity, a cathode layer that is provided on the electrolyte layer, and a porous layer of a metal that covers the cathode layer and a part of the ele...