US Patent Issued to AUDI on Dec. 16 for "Method for production and processing of a framed proton-conducting membrane" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,258, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for production and processing of a framed proton-conducting membrane" was invented by Berthold Reeb (Ellwangen-Hochgreut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for production and processing of a framed proton-conducting membrane for a fuel cell, comprises: providing of the proton-conducting membrane and a frame comprising at least two media ports inserting the membrane into a recess of the frame, processing of at least one surface of the frame such that a first region exists with an increased force of adhesion for a joining by means of gluing, an...