US Patent Issued to TOYOTA BOSHOKU on March 24 for "Separator for fuel cell and single cell for fuel cell" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,797, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Separator for fuel cell and single cell for fuel cell" was invented by Haruyuki Aono (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Satoshi Kawabe (Ichinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a fuel cell includes a facing surface configured to face a power generating unit of the fuel cell. Groove passages are arranged side by side in the facing surface. Reactant gas flows through the groove passages. Ribs, which are located between the groove passages and protrude toward the power generating unit, are provided on the facing surface. At least one of the ri...