ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,432, issued on July 15, was assigned to Verdagy Inc. (Moss Landing, Calif.).

"Protective insert for electrochemical cell" was invented by Thomas H. McWaid (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Shizhao Su (Marina, Calif.) and James R. Penny (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical electrode assembly comprises an electrode having a first electrode face and a second electrode face opposing the first electrode face, a support member configured to be coupled to a housing of an electrolyzer cell, an elastic element comprising a plurality of resilient filaments coupled together into a resilient body, wherein the elastic element...