ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,331, issued on March 25, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Electrochemical device comprising an electrochemical unit disposed in a containment enclosure" was invented by Michel Planque (Grenoble, France), Charlotte Bernard (Grenoble, France) and Guilhem Roux (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrochemical device that includes an electrochemical unit. The electrochemical unit includes a stack of SOEC/SOFC-type solid oxides operating at high temperatures, a clamping system provided with two clamping plates, referred to as the first clam...