US Patent Issued to EH GROUP ENGINEERING on March 25 for "Fuel cell stack with compression means" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,340, issued on March 25, was assigned to EH GROUP ENGINEERING AG (Nyon, Switzerland).

"Fuel cell stack with compression means" was invented by Mardit Matian (Prangins, Switzerland) and Alexandre Chainho (Sombacour, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fuel cell includes several assembled cells with end plates at the top and bottom of the cells that are compressed using an external retention kit. An end plate that is at the top or bottom of the assembly which separates the compression force on the active area and sealant around the cell. The end plates give the freedom and flexibility to adjust compression force on specific...