US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on April 1 for "Assembly comprising a SOEC/SOFC-type solid oxide stack and a high-temperature sealed coupling system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,397, issued on April 1, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Assembly comprising a SOEC/SOFC-type solid oxide stack and a high-temperature sealed coupling system" was invented by Michel Planque (Grenoble, France) and Thibault Monnet (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a solid-oxide pack of the SOEC/SOFC type and a system for clamping the pack. The assembly furthermore includes a coupling system gastight at high temperature, including a clamping base with a first through internal pipe to enable a tube to pass, a support base located in the pipe and h...