US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 22 for "Water electrolysis cell and manufacturing method of the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,244, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Water electrolysis cell and manufacturing method of the same" was invented by Takeshi Nobukawa (Toyota, Japan) and Kimihiro Tsuchiya (Fuji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water electrolysis cell includes a proton-conducting electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer laminated on one face of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer laminated on another face of the electrolyte membrane. At least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer includes, in an in-plane direction of the anode catalyst layer and the catho...