US Patent Issued to AVL List, AVL Fuel Cell Canada on Oct. 14 for "Membrane electrode and frame assembly for fuel cell stacks and method for making" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,756, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AVL List GmbH (Graz, Austria) and AVL Fuel Cell Canada Inc. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Membrane electrode and frame assembly for fuel cell stacks and method for making" was invented by Owen Thomas (Vancouver, Canada), Max Cimenti (Vancouver, Canada) and Emerson Gallagher (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Simple membrane electrode and frame assemblies for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and improved methods for making them are disclosed which involve the use of a single adhesive layer. Using an appropriate design, the single adhesive layer can provide multiple bonds, includi...