ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,755, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FORM ENERGY INC. (Somerville, Mass.).
"Corrugated fuel electrode" was invented by Joel Ryan Hayes (Chandler, Ariz.), Ramkumar Krishnan (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Todd Trimble (Phoenix) and Clifford Anderson (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel electrode incorporates a first and second corrugated portion that are attached to each other at offset angles respect to their corrugation axis and therefore reinforce each other. A first corrugated portion may extend orthogonally with respect to a second corrugated portion. The first and second corrugated portions may be formed from metal wire a...